Open Access 
Downloads
Abstract
In a recent World Bank report showed that Viet Nam was one of the five (5) countries that are most affected by sea level rise, a consequence of climate change. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), a Vietnam’s biggest city, is accordingly identified as a most area significantly impacted by climate change in the Mekong Delta region. For those countries affected by climate change, future studies on extent and degree of impacts as well as setting out the national strategy and measures adapting to climate change is urgently and a vital of concern. This paper will present surveyed and analyzed results of possible impacts of climate change in Ho Chi Minh City, including: changes of mean temperature over the past 30 years (1979-2008); changes of rainfall (and density) and water level at the Sai Gon River in the period of 1978-2008. In addition, some specific measures for climate change adaptation are also addressed and proposed in the context of Ho Chi Minh City.
Issue: Vol 14 No 2 (2011)
Page No.: 83-96
Published: Jun 30, 2011
Section: Sciences of Earth and Environment - Research article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32508/stdj.v14i2.1920
Copyright: The Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Download PDF = 428 times
Total = 428 times
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Phu Le Vo, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: AN OVERVIEW , Science and Technology Development Journal: Vol 12 No 2 (2009)
