A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters : Adapting Experiences from Vietnam’s Cities to Other Cities

This workbook is intended to help policy makers in developing countries plan for a safer future in urban areas in the face of natural disasters and the consequences of climate change. It is based on the experiences of three cities in Vietnam, Can Tho, Dong Hoi, and Hanoi, that worked with international and local experts under World Bank supervision to develop local resilience action plans (LRAPs) in 2009-10. An LRAP is a detailed planning document that reflects local concerns and priorities based on the experiences of the past and projections for the future. It is not a wish list of projects that may never be completed because they are too costly or lack political support. Rather, it should be a realistic document that describes and establishes priorities for specific steps that can be undertaken in the near term to adapt to both climate related and other hazards. Regardless of their size, location, political orientation, or technical capacity, other cities can learn from the experiences of these pilot cities to develop their own LRAPs. The purpose of this workbook is to adapt the initial experiences of Can Tho, Dong Hoi, and Hanoi to benefit the national government and other communities in Vietnam and beyond. Indeed, the process described in this workbook was later adopted in the cities of Iloilo, the Philippines; Ningbo, China; and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and the concluding chapter of this workbook draws on some of the lessons learned in these cities. However, the workbook, while generalizable to other contexts, largely reflects the Vietnamese experience.

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Main Authors: Shah, Fatima, Ranghieri, Federica
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012-01-26
Subjects:ADAPTATION, ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES, ADAPTATION APPROACH, ADAPTATION CONSIDERATIONS, ADAPTATION MEASURE, ADAPTATION OPTIONS, ADAPTATION POLICIES, ADAPTATION PRIORITIES, ADAPTATION PROJECTS, ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE, ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTING, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AIR, AIR TEMPERATURE, ALTITUDE, ATMOSPHERE, BANKS, BUILDING CODES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY STRENGTHENING, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON FINANCE, CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAM, CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE EXTREMES, CLIMATE FACTORS, CLIMATE FORECASTS, CLIMATE HAZARDS, CLIMATE IMPACTS, CLIMATE MITIGATION, CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE REFUGEES, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATES, CLIMATIC STIMULI, CO, COLORS, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CONTINGENCY PLANNING, CRED, CYCLONES, DAMAGES, DEFORESTATION, DEVASTATION, DISASTER, DISASTER ASSISTANCE, DISASTER EMERGENCY, DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE, DISASTER IMPACTS, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEM, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTER RISKS, DISASTERS, DOCUMENTS, DROUGHT, DROUGHT PERIODS, DROUGHTS, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, ECOLOGICAL ZONES, ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS, EVACUATION, EXCESS RAINFALL, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME TEMPERATURES, EXTREME WEATHER, FAULT LINES, FINANCIAL CAPACITY, FIRE, FLOOD, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD HAZARD, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUELS, FROST, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, GHG, GLOBAL AIR TEMPERATURE, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL TEMPERATURES, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE EFFECT, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HAIL, HEAT, HEAT WAVES, HEAVY RAINFALL, HEAVY RAINS, HYDROLOGY, ICE, ICE CAPS, ICE SHEETS, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IPCC, LAND USE, LANDSLIDE, LANDSLIDES, LIGHTING, LOCAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, LOW-CARBON, METEOROLOGY, METHANE, MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE, MONSOONS, MOUNTAIN GLACIERS, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTER MITIGATION, NATURAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL HAZARDS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OCCURRENCE OF DISASTERS, PRECIPITATION, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RECONSTRUCTION, REDUCING POVERTY, RISK ASSESSMENT, SAFETY, SAVINGS, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS, SEA WALLS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, SEASON, SEAWATER, SLUM, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, STORM, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGES, TECTONIC PLATES, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE CONTROL, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOS, TROPICAL STORMS, TROPICS, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, TYPHOON, TYPHOONS, UPPER ATMOSPHERE, URBAN FORESTRY, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, VOLCANO, VOLCANOES,
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