Toward Integrated Disaster Risk Management in Vietnam : Recommendations Based on the Drought and Saltwater Intrusion Crisis and the Case for Investing in Longer-Term Resilience

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT;    SALTWATER;    NATURAL HAZARDS;    CLIMATE CHANGE;    DROUGHT;   

RP-ID  :  120444

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Vietnam is one of the most hazard-pronecountries in the East Asia and Pacific region, withdroughts, severe storms, and flooding causing substantialeconomic and human losses.Climate change is projected toincrease the impact of disasters, especially the timing,frequency, severity, and intensity of hydro-meteorologicalevents. Vietnam’s 2015–2016 drought and associated saltwaterintrusion (SWI) offer a preview of what could become the newnormal, and make clear the need to take action to ensure thecountry’s economic and societal well-being. SWI developedinto a national crisis, with close to two million peopleaffected due to damaged livelihoods and the country seekinginternational help. This report takes a deeper look at thedrought and SWI crisis faced by Vietnam, identifies the gapsacross key sectors, and recommends the principal short andlonger-term actions needed for integrated disaster riskmanagement. The recommendations are based on globalexperiences in good governance with intersectoralcoordination in disaster forecast and early warning, and incommunity empowerment in water resource management andagricultural production.