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This paper describes the adaption needs of Ho Chi Minh City and its efforts to develop and incorporate adaptation principles into its urban decision-making and planning processes. We outline an approach that is envisioned to lead to an increase in the city’s resilience to climate-related physical and social vulnerabilities. This paper describes the objectives of an integrated adaptation planning framework for the city, which is intended to advance and disseminate knowledge, inform decision makers and the general public about climate change risks, and increase their capacity to implement necessary adaptation measures while strengthening the general response capacity of the urban system.
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The Megacity research project in Ho Chi Minh City ‘Integrative Urban and Environmental Planning Framework – Adaptation to Climate Change’ is financed as part of the new research programme ‘Sustainable Development of the Megacities of Tomorrow’ by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Following an evaluation of the preoperational phase of the project ‘Sustainable Housing Policies for Megacities of Tomorrow – the Balance of Urban Growth and Redevelopment in Ho Chi Minh City’ (2005–2008), the main phase of the BMBF-research programme, now focuses on energy- and climate-efficient structures in urban growth centres’, initiated mid 2008 and will run until 2013 (www.emerging-megacities.org). Coordinated by the lead partner Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, a multi-disciplinary German, European and Vietnamese team aims to develop an integrated ‘Adaptation Planning Framework for Climate Change in the Urban Environment of Ho Chi Minh City’ (www.megacity-hcmc.org).
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Storch, H., Downes, N., Katzschner, L., Thinh, N.X. (2011). Building Resilience to Climate Change Through Adaptive Land Use Planning in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In: Otto-Zimmermann, K. (eds) Resilient Cities. Local Sustainability, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0785-6_36
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