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The economic capital of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), and its near periphery – as well as the Mekong Delta region – rank amongst the areas which, on a global scale, will be the most exposed to climate change in the next 30 years. This is due to three major phenomena: sea level rise, growing flood levels and flood intensity, and the resurgence of cyclonic phenomena (Nicholls et al. 2008). The impact of climate change in Vietnam is already tangible. For the last century, and in each decade, the sea level and temperature have increased respectively by 3 cm and 0.1°C. And yet, it is the poorest populations living in the periphery of HCMC and in areas subject to strong urban pressures in the Mekong Delta that are the most vulnerable to these changes (Fig. 11.1). |
