Social capital, livelihood diversification and household resilience to annual flood events in the Vietnamese Mekong river delta

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dc.contributor.authorKien, Nguyen Van
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-20T15:10:34Z
dc.date.available2012-04-20T15:10:34Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis study looks at how floods in the Mekong River Delta (MRD) affect different social groups. Surprisingly, the livelihood diversity index has no effect on household resilience to floods in this context. The study demonstrates how informal social capital (neighbourhood attachment, social supportive networks, participation in groups and organizations) plays an important part in enhancing household resilience to floods. The paper recommends that both the Vietnamese government and local community groups should encourage collective activities to boost resilience. The findings provide insights into developing adaptive non-structural measures for coping with future flood events in the MRD.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (62 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.isbn978-981-07-111-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/48825
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEEPSEA, IDRC Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Singapore, SGen
dc.relation.ispartofEEPSEA research report series / IDRC. Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia; no. 2011-RR10en
dc.relation.urihttp://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/handle/10625/48826
dc.subjectFLOODSen
dc.subjectMEKONG RIVER DELTAen
dc.subjectVIET NAMen
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATIONen
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITALen
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERSen
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDINGen
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD SECURITYen
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY POWERen
dc.subjectFAR EAST ASIAen
dc.titleSocial capital, livelihood diversification and household resilience to annual flood events in the Vietnamese Mekong river deltaen
dc.typeIDRC-Related Reporten
idrc.copyright.holderIDRC
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceIDRC is copyright holderen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber105899016
idrc.project.number105899
idrc.project.titleEEPSEA Research Projectsen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC DOCUMENTen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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