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This chapter will introduce the geographical conditions and economic characteristics of Central Vietnam. It proceeds to analyse the general economic development in the region, particularly since the introduction of economic reforms in the early 1990s. Both foreign investment and exports have risen dramatically, turning Vietnam into a major exporter of a range of agricultural and industrial products. Further, it shows how some of the paradoxes of development and globalization, such as high growth and simultaneous socio-economic differentiation, are also played out in the provinces of Central Vietnam. In a disaster prone region, the poor households are at risk of losing out when greater weather variability threatens agricultural and forestry production and increases overall economic losses. The rapid expansion of the hydropower generating capacity has stimulated economic development and thereby potentially enhanced social resilience, but at the same time has increased the ecological vulnerability and set in motion a range of processes not under control.
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COP stands for Convention of Parties which is the annual meeting held among the parties of the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Figures for 2011 are not yet available.
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For a critical review of the ‘Western’ concept of Heritages Sites, in view of the rapidly increasing number of local tourists, see (Hitchcock et al. Hitchcock et al. 2009).
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Results of a household survey of 166 households in five districts in Quang Nam Province, carried out by the research project in 2009–2010.
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Buch-Hansen, M., Khanh, N.N., Anh, N.H. (2013). Paradoxes in Adaptation: Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Differentiation. A Case Study of Mid-Central Vietnam. In: Bruun, O., Casse, T. (eds) On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35804-3_2
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