INTRODUCTION
It
has been a matter of growing concern that global warming will
induce climate change and exacerbate such natural disasters as
floods, landslides, erosion, and earthquakes. These will be a
threat to socioeconomic sustainability of Vietnam and other
developing countries in South-East Asia. To cope with these
disasters, strategies of countermeasures and adaptation measures
are necessary. Such strategies are determined by considering
circumstances of respective sites, which include natural,
social, and human environments. In particular, countermeasures
and adaptation strategies should not intrude on citizens, but
instead correspond properly to desire objective site residents
for their safe, assured, and peaceful everyday lives. Along with
these precautionary strategies, we must consider remediation
after disasters: restoration, rehabilitation and aftercare of
not only physical infrastructure but also local community and
human mental health.
The workshop is intended to
investigate how we adapt to climate change-induced disasters
between Vietnam and Japan, which own different backgrounds such
as culture, history, and the way of life. We invite the
participation not only of academia, engineers and planners but
also of citizens at every level. Through this symposium, we will
construct a platform for mutual understanding and then smooth
collaboration between these two countries.
Based on that scope, the
symposium is intended to obtain the following purposes:
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To exchange information, ideas, and knowledge
related to mitigation of natural disasters
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To evaluate the likelihood of
climate-change-induced natural disasters
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To discuss countermeasures and adaptation
methodologies depending on situations of respective sites
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To discuss research results or the research
possibilities of comparative studies of differences and
similarities of consciousness between Vietnam and Japan
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