Chapter 18 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Vietnam
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective
ISBN: 978-0-85724-485-7, eISBN: 978-0-85724-486-4
Publication date: 31 December 2010
Abstract
Vietnam is a stretch of land strengthening along Indochinese peninsula, which is located in Southeast Asia. Vietnam's mainland stretches from 23023′ to 08002′ north latitude and widens from 102008′ to 109028′ east longitude. Length counted in straight line from north to south stays at about 1,650km, width from west to east maximizes at 600km and minimizes at 50km. Entire territory of Vietnam includes 331,112km2 of mainland and 1 million square kilometers of territorial sea. Currently, Vietnam enjoys 63 provinces, central cities with 622 administrative units of districts and cities and 10,511 administrative units of communes and wards.
Citation
Nguyen, H. and Shaw, R. (2010), "Chapter 18 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Vietnam", Shaw, R., Pulhin, J.M. and Jacqueline Pereira, J. (Ed.) Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 373-391. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000005024
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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