Open AccessAssessment of people’s livelihood vulnerability under the impact of drought in Krongno district, Dak Nong province using livelihood vulnerability index
Author(s) -
Xuan Thanh Tran,
Khoi Nguyen Dao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
khoa học và công nghệ: tự nhiên
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2588-106X
DOI - 10.32508/stdjns.v2i5.790
Subject(s) - livelihood , vulnerability (computing) , vulnerability index , geography , index (typography) , socioeconomics , vulnerability assessment , agriculture , climate change , sociology , psychology , biology , ecology , psychological resilience , computer security , archaeology , world wide web , computer science , psychotherapist
Krong No was evaluated that it was the most severely affected district in Dak Nong province under impacts of drought in 2015-2016. The objective of this study was to assess the people’s livelihood vulnerability in Krong No district in Daknong province by using Livelihood Vulnerability Index developed by Hahn et al. (2009) and field survey. The obtained results indicated that LVI of Krong No district reached to medium level (0.444). However, there was an unbalance point in major components of the LVI. The most vulnerable components were water (0.774) livelihood strategies (0.661), whereas, five other components were lower than 0.5. The descreasing order of the vulnerability was food, drought, social networks, health and sociodemographic profile. Another result showed that Quang Phu and Nam N'dir were two of five communes which were needed the support.