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dc.contributor.authorTran, Dang Ngoc
dc.contributor.authorDoan, Van Quang
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Vien Truong
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Ansar
dc.contributor.authorThai, Phong K
dc.contributor.authorCunrui, Huang
dc.contributor.authorChu, Cordia
dc.contributor.authorSchak, Elena
dc.contributor.authorPhung, Dung
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-25T00:56:53Z
dc.date.available2020-08-25T00:56:53Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0020-7128
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00484-020-01876-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/396695
dc.description.abstractThe increasing frequency and intensity of heat events have weighty impacts on public health in Vietnam, but their effects vary across regions. In this study, we have applied a vulnerability assessment framework (VAF) to systematically assess the spatial pattern of health vulnerability to heatwaves in Vietnam. The VAF was computed as the function of three dimensions: exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity, with the indicators for each dimension derived from the relevant literature, consultation with experts, and available data. An analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to determine the weight of indicators. Each province in Vietnam’s vulnerability to the health impacts of heatwaves was evaluated by applying the vulnerability index, computed using 13 indicators (sensitivity index, 9; adaptive capacity index, 3; and exposure index, 1). As a result of this analysis, this study has identified heatwave vulnerability ‘hotspots’, primarily in the Southeast, Central Highlands, and South Central Coast of Vietnam. However, these hotspots are not necessarily the same as the area most vulnerable to climate change, because some areas that are more sensitive to heatwaves may have a higher capacity to adapt to them due to a host of factors including their population characteristics (e.g. rates of the elderly or children), socio-economic and geographical conditions, and the availability of air-conditioners. This kind of information, provided by the vulnerability index framework, allows policymakers to determine how to more efficiently allocate resources and devise appropriate interventions to minimise the impact of heatwaves with strategies tailored to each region of Vietnam.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom863
dc.relation.ispartofpageto872
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Biometeorology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume64
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther physical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAtmospheric sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClimate change science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3702
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsBiophysics
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Sciences
dc.titleSpatial patterns of health vulnerability to heatwaves in Vietnam
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTran, DN; Doan, VQ; Nguyen, VT; Khan, A; Thai, PK; Cunrui, H; Chu, C; Schak, E; Phung, D, Spatial patterns of health vulnerability to heatwaves in Vietnam, International Journal of Biometeorology, 2020, 64 (5), pp. 863-872
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-02-08
dc.date.updated2020-08-24T03:49:19Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2020 Springer Berlin Heidelberg. This is an electronic version of an article published in International Journal of Biometeorology, 2020, 64 (5), pp. 863-872. International Journal of Biometeorology is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
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gro.griffith.authorChu, Cordia M.
gro.griffith.authorPhung, Dung T.


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