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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2020.100215
	Vulnerability assessment of households to flash floods and landslides in the poor upland regions of Vietnam
	Thanh Thi Pham N.; Nong D.; Raghavan Sathyan A.; Garschagen M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	2279
结束页码	2288
卷号	28
英文摘要	Increased frequency and intensity of flash floods and landslides in the Northern Mountainous Regions of Vietnam represent the most damaging hazards to the production activities and livelihoods of rural households, which are heavily reliant on agriculture. Assessing households’ vulnerability therefore becomes critical and urgent to help policy-makers in Vietnam in facilitating the implementation of adaptation strategies for households living in this area. Thus, this paper employed the Household Vulnerability Index method along with the qualitative data analysis to evaluate the vulnerability level of smallholder farmers under the effect of these hazards. Data was collected from 405 households in three communes of Yen Bai province, one of the poorest provinces in the Northern Mountainous Regions of Vietnam with a high proportion of ethnic minorities who have extremely low incomes and education levels. Food and fresh water quality and security are also relatively low in this region. The empirical results indicate that ethnicity, diversified sources of income, organizational membership, health insurance, food security, land tenure documentation, water resources, and locational dimensions are the key factors affecting the vulnerability of farmers under the impacts of flash floods and landslides. Results also suggest that the livelihoods of farmers in the Dai Son commune are the most vulnerable to these natural hazards identified by the Social Network, Socio-Demographic Profile, and Water component factors. We subsequently identify and prioritize measures to ensure sustainable livelihoods for local farmers through practices, such as improving people's literacy, enhancing production systems, and strengthening natural resource management strategies. © 2020 The Author(s)
英文关键词	Flash Floods and Landslides; Household vulnerability index; North Mountain; Vietnam; Vulnerability; Yen Bai province
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183191
作者单位	United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany; Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Viet Nam; University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics/Center for Development Research, Germany; Kerala Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Extension, India; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Department of Geography, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thanh Thi Pham N.,Nong D.,Raghavan Sathyan A.,et al. Vulnerability assessment of households to flash floods and landslides in the poor upland regions of Vietnam[J],2020,28.
APA	Thanh Thi Pham N.,Nong D.,Raghavan Sathyan A.,&Garschagen M..(2020).Vulnerability assessment of households to flash floods and landslides in the poor upland regions of Vietnam.Climate Risk Management,28.
MLA	Thanh Thi Pham N.,et al."Vulnerability assessment of households to flash floods and landslides in the poor upland regions of Vietnam".Climate Risk Management 28(2020).