A scoping review of climate-related disasters in China, Indonesia and Vietnam: Disasters, health impacts, vulnerable populations and adaptation measures

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Gan, Connie Cai Ru
Oktari, Rina Suryani
Nguyen, Huong Xuan
Yuan, Lixia
Yu, Xiuzhi
Kc, Alisha
Tran, Hanh Thi Tuyet
Phung, Dung Tri
Dwirahmadi, Febi
Liu, Tao
Musumari, Patou Masika
Kayano, Ryoma
Chu, Cordia Ming-Yeuk
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2021
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Climate-related disasters are increasing across the globe, but their adverse health impacts are unevenly distributed. The people most severely affected tend to be from socio-economically disadvantaged, vulnerable populations, who have high exposure to risk conditions and insufficient adaptive capacity. Despite the increasing health impacts of climate change and disaster risks felt in Asian countries such as China, Indonesia and Vietnam, there are few attempts to access and translate literature and evidence on climate-related disasters and adaptation activities from non-English speaking countries. Conducted by a multi-country project team, this review aims to better understand the current literature and to study gaps in these three countries through an extensive search of literature, in English, Chinese, Indonesian and Vietnamese. Through a systematic review process a total of 298 studies out of 10,139 were included in this study. Key findings confirm that all three countries have experienced increasing climate-related disasters with their associated health impacts, and that adaptation strategies are urgently needed to reduce the risk and vulnerability of the most affected populations. Future studies should consider conducting vulnerability assessments to inform translational research on developing effective adaptation strategies. Authors commented that a common challenge they found was the shortterm nature of disaster response mechanisms, and the lack of long-term investment and policy support for capacity building and multi-sectoral collaborative research that address the needs of populations vulnerable to climate-related disasters. Thus, to better prepare for future disasters, it is vital that governments and international agencies prioritize funding policies to fill this gap.

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Human geography

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Gan, CCR; Oktari, RS; Nguyen, HX; Yuan, L; Yu, X; Kc, A; Tran, HTT; Phung, DT; Dwirahmadi, F; Liu, T; Musumari, PM; Kayano, R; Chu, CM-Y, A scoping review of climate-related disasters in China, Indonesia and Vietnam: Disasters, health impacts, vulnerable populations and adaptation measures, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2021

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