Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project: Rapid Climate Change Threat and Vulnerability Assessment

By Asian Development Bank

The Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project aims to enhance connectivity across provinces of southern Viet Nam and Ho Chi Minh City. It includes two major bridges, a 15-kilometer road connecting the two bridges, and approach roads. Given the high exposure of the Mekong Delta to severe flooding, a climate risk and vulnerability assessment was conducted to assess the vulnerability of the project to climate change. The assessment report provides a better understanding of climate change threats to the project infrastructure. It also provides project stakeholders with information necessary for consensus building for the adoption of a robust approach to responding to climate change. The study illustrates that a constrained time frame and limited resources may not be significant impediments to the undertaking of climate risk vulnerability assessments, which can provide valuable information at the project design stage to increase the climate resilience of large investment projects.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Release date: Jun 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9789292545574

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CENTRAL MEKONG DELTA REGION CONNECTIVITY PROJECT: Rapid Climate Change Threat And Vulnerability Assessment

APRIL 2014

© 2014 Asian Development Bank

All rights reserved, Published 2014.

Printed in the Philippines.

ISBN 978-92-9254-556-7 (Print), 978-92-9254-557-4 (PDF)

Publication Stock No. RPT146546-2

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Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project: Rapid climate change threat and vulnerability assessment Mandaluyong City, Philippines; Asian Development Bank, 2014.

1. Climate change adaptation.    2. Central Mekong Delta.    3. Connectivity Project.    I. Asian Development Bank.

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Note: Unless otherwise explicitly indicated, all figures and tables in this report are sourced from International Centre for Environmental Management. 2013. Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project: Rapid Climate Change Threat and Vulnerability Assessment. Prepared for the Asian Development Bank. Ha Noi. Viet Nam.

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Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Box

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Foreword

Many of the projected impacts of climate change are likely to adversely affect critical infrastructure assets within the region. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to helping its developing member countries to better understand the risks posed by climate change and to manage these risks effectively. To this end, ADB is developing a suite of tools, resources, and guidance materials to support comprehensive, rapid, and cost-effective climate risk management at sector and project levels. These resources include preliminary rapid risk screening