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Climate change adaptation is mainly implemented at the local level, by a great variety of actors, interest groups and individuals. Nevertheless, the potential of community and civil society activities is still overlooked by Vietnamese decision-makers and planning institutions. This chapter focuses on the people-centred approach of community-based adaptation (CBA). The chapter gives a rather general introduction about the approach and traces a model project implemented within the framework of the Megacity Research Project TP. Ho Chi Minh. The chapter provides a detailed insight into the partner structure and process of the model project and highlights its outcomes as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
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Schinkel, U. (2016). People-Centred Innovative Bottom-Up Approaches. In: Katzschner, A., Waibel, M., Schwede, D., Katzschner, L., Schmidt, M., Storch, H. (eds) Sustainable Ho Chi Minh City: Climate Policies for Emerging Mega Cities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04615-0_14
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