TY - CHAP A1 - Storch, Harry A1 - Downes, Nigel K. A1 - Nguyen, Xuan Thinh A1 - Thamm, Hans-Peter A1 - Ho, Long Phi A1 - Thuc, Tran A1 - Nguyen, Thi Hien Thuan A1 - Emberger, Günter A1 - Goedecke, Manfred A1 - Welsch, Jörn A1 - Schmidt, Michael T1 - Adaptation Planning Framework to Climate Change for the Urban Area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam T2 - Fifth Urban Research Symposium "Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent Agenda" Marseille, France, June 28-30, 2009 N2 - Situated in an intra-tropical and low elevation coastal zone, the developing megacity of Ho Chi Minh City is vulnerable to many of the adverse impacts of the present and future changes in climate. In consideration of climate change and urban development interrelations, the research case for adapting to climate change and the risks and opportunities of adaptation are set out. Based on the in-depth assessment of the vulnerability of Ho Chi Minh City, the categorized urban environment in form of a spatially explicit information system will act as a matrix for the formulation of appropriate adaptation strategies for future development and redevelopmentpolicies. The resulting Adaptation Planning Framework should form the future basis for spatially-explicit decision-making processes related to sustainable urban planning and development in HCMC. KW - Adaptation Planning KW - Spatial Information System KW - Climate Change KW - Urban Structure Type Approach KW - Urban Climate KW - Urban Flooding KW - Vietnam KW - South-East-Asia Y1 - 2009 UR - http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANDEVELOPMENT/Resources/336387-1256566800920/6505269-1268260567624/Storch.pdf ER -