Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Typhoon Resilience in Vietnam

This case study examines the economic and nonfinancial returns of adaptive, resilient housing designs in Da Nang, Vietnam, specifically focusing on hazards such as typhoons, flooding, and temperature increases.

• Research in Da Nang city aimed to test the hypothesis that incorporating typhoon resilience principles into housing construction provides a positive economic return for households by comparing the costs and benefits of such housing.
• Despite the availability of greater economic resources for construction and existing disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures, housing in Da Nang remains climate vulnerable and lacks sufficient typhoon safety measures.
• The study indicates that investment in resilience measures can be cost-effective and that policy interventions may be necessary to overcome resistance to the adoption of these measures, particularly as the intensity of extreme rain events and typhoons is projected to increase.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2014). Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Typhoon Resilience in Vietnam. https://cdkn.org/resource/typhoon-resilience-vietnam

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Typhoon Resilience in Vietnam. 2014. https://cdkn.org/resource/typhoon-resilience-vietnam.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2014sheltering, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Typhoon Resilience in Vietnam}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/typhoon-resilience-vietnam}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }