Lead organisation: University of Potsdam
Partners
- Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD)
- Institute for Earth and Environmental Science
- University Amsterdam Vietnam Rivers Network
Urban: To enhance the flood resilience of urban communities, the project team of ResilNam-Urban has worked with the restoration, conservation and sustainable management of natural retention and drainage areas in Hue City, central Vietnam. These bottom-up nature-based solutions will provide a means to strengthen the role of women in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Together with local and regional authorities and stakeholders from civil society, ResilNam-Urban seeks to overcome existing gender differences that make women especially vulnerable to the negative impacts of floods.
Watch the in-depth documentary, Building Flood Resilience in Central Vietnam, about the project to build flood resilience in Central Vietnam. The documentary follows the story of three women that have taken part in Potsdam’s ecosystem-based approach to protecting communities from extreme weather.
Key Achievements:
- Strengthening the role of women in ecosystem-based adaptation.
- One of ResilNam’s main achievements is that the provincial Disaster Management Centre included EbA in their decision making and used it to inform four local disaster and risk management plans.
- 1481 urban residents directly benefit from pond restoration efforts. Many more urban residents benefit indirectly through the capacity building, training and synergies with ResilNam-Coastal.
- Disaster management center, women’s union and local residents restored three water bodies in the historical centre of Hue. Restoration involved re-opening and linking drainage systems, solid waste collection and disposal and increased water holding capacity of Hoi Lake.
- HH survey and FGDs conducted across the two projects which reached 1010 coastal and urban households