Adapting to Climate Extreme Events Based on Livelihood Strategies: Evidence from Rural Areas in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Dao Duy Minh, Nguyen Dang Hao and Philippe Lebailly
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Dao Duy Minh: Faculty of Economics and Development Studies, University of Economics—Hue University, Thua Thien Hue 530000, Vietnam
Nguyen Dang Hao: Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics—Hue University, Thua Thien Hue 530000, Vietnam
Philippe Lebailly: Department of Economics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech, University of Liège, 5032 Gembloux, Belgium

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-17

Abstract: The key farming communities in Vietnam are generally poor and lack resources to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate extreme events (CEEs), but the extent of their adaptation strategies is not well understood. This study aims to analyze the impacts of CEEs, current barriers, and adaptation strategies based on three categories of livelihood strategies. The classification method is first used to divide the livelihood strategy into these three categories, and a multinomial logistic model (MLS) is then applied to determine the set of parameters that affect adaptation options. CEEs result in significant damage in terms of both financial and health dimensions. Various barriers remain, such as the low capacity of relevant staff, lack of local budgets, and outdated methods being used to estimate and mitigate the impacts of CEEs. Notably, there were over 44%, and 28% conducted reactive and proactive adaptations, respectively, while a high percentage of households did not implement at least one adaptation method, around 27%. The MLS model is able to explain about 51.2% of the driving factors that influence adaptation strategies. In addition, the behavior of households in choosing adaptation methods shows the difference between perceptions of CEEs’ impacts and livelihood strategy profiles. There is a need for a package of adaptive solutions to address the impacts of CEEs that cover the many different household perspectives and involve stakeholders at multiple levels.

Keywords: climate extreme events; multinomial logistic regression; livelihood strategy; adaptation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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