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The 2011 flood event in the Mekong Delta: preparedness, response, damage and recovery of private households and small businesses
Author(s) -
Chinh Do Thi,
Bubeck Philip,
Dung Nguyen Viet,
Kreibich Heidi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/disa.12171
Subject(s) - flood myth , preparedness , flood risk management , mekong delta , risk management , environmental planning , vietnamese , business , developing country , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental resource management , geography , water resource management , environmental science , economic growth , political science , economics , finance , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , law
Floods frequently cause substantial economic and human losses, particularly in developing countries. For the development of sound flood risk management schemes that reduce flood consequences, detailed insights into the different components of the flood risk management cycle, such as preparedness, response, flood impact analyses and recovery, are needed. However, such detailed insights are often lacking: commonly, only (aggregated) data on direct flood damage are available. Other damage categories such as losses owing to the disruption of production processes are usually not considered, resulting in incomplete risk assessments and possibly inappropriate recommendations for risk management. In this paper, data from 858 face‐to‐face interviews among flood‐prone households and small businesses in Can Tho city in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta are presented to gain better insights into the damage caused by the 2011 flood event and its management by households and businesses.