Research Note: On the energy footprint of a Vietnamese middle-class household

Pacific Geographies

Earl, Catherine¹ 

[1] MonashUniversity, Victoria 3800, Australia;

关键词: Vietnam;    environmental sustainability;    middle class;    urban migration;    household energy use;    ecological footprint;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation in Vietnam have become pressing issues for researchers and policy makers. At the same time Vietnam’s re-emerging middle classes are be-ginning to gain attention. HCMC’s middle classes express their relatively better social positions through the material markers of a high standard of living, which produces status that is locally valued. The power they now wield as consumers and trend-setters is recognised as a potential source for stimulating social change towards sustainable urban development (Waibel 2009: 3). But the urban environment is diverse. Unlike development in the peri-urban fringe, residents in the densely-populated inner city adapt their living practices to the constraints of the built environment and their household resources. Further, with so many of HCMC’s new middle classes being first-generation migrants, many are familiar with economical and provincial practices of energy conservation, recycling and reuse.

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