Assessing Livelihood Vulnerability of Minority Ethnic Groups to Climate Change: A Case Study from the Northwest Mountainous Regions of Vietnam
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Article Title | Assessing Livelihood Vulnerability of Minority Ethnic Groups to Climate Change: A Case Study from the Northwest |
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ERA Journal ID | 41498 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tran, Van Thanh (Author), An-Vo, Duc-Anh (Author), Cockfield, Geoff (Author) and Mushtaq, Shahbaz (Author) |
Journal Title | Sustainability |
Journal Citation | 13 (13) |
Article Number | 7106 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Place of Publication | Basel, Switzerland |
ISSN | 2071-1050 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137106 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7106 |
Abstract | Climate variability, climate change, and extreme events can compound the vulnerability of people heavily reliant on agriculture. Those with intersecting disadvantages, such as women, the poor, and ethnic minority groups, may be particularly affected. Understanding and assessing diverse vulnerabilities, especially those related to ethnicity, are therefore potentially important to the development of policies and programs aimed at enabling adaptation in such groups. This study uses a livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) method, along with qualitative data analysis, to compare the vulnerability of different smallholder farmers in Son La province, one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam. Data were collected from 240 households, representing four minority ethnic groups. The results indicated that household vulnerability is influenced by factors such as income diversity, debt, organizational membership, support from and awareness by local authorities, access to health services, water resources, and location. Results revealed that two of the ethnic groups’ households were, on average, more vulnerable, particularly regarding livelihood strategies, health, water, housing and productive land, and social network items when compared to the other two ethnic groups. The study shows the need for targeted interventions to reduce the vulnerability of these and similarly placed small ethnic communities. |
Keywords | livelihood vulnerability; agricultural dependency; climate change |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410103. Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Applied Climate Sciences |
Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q679w/assessing-livelihood-vulnerability-of-minority-ethnic-groups-to-climate-change-a-case-study-from-the-northwest-mountainous-regions-of-vietnam
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