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, salty intrusion and earthquakes. These will be a threat
to socio-economic sustainability of developing countries in Asia
and Vietnam is not excluded. As achieved from the first
symposium in Hue, Vietnam, 2007 the strategies for mitigation
and adaptation of the consequences caused by climate change are
vital. 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.
The symposium is intended to investigate
how the climate change impacts on, how we adapt to climate
change-induced disasters and how to develop sustainably 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
establish a platform for mutual understanding and then smooth
collaboration between two countries, Vietnam and Japan also
enhance that relationship in a higher level.
Based on that scope, the
symposium is intended to attain the following purposes:
1. To
exchange information, ideas, and knowledge related to climate
change and sustainable development
2. To
evaluate the likelihood of climate-change-induced natural
disasters
3. To
discuss and propose countermeasures and adaptation methodologies
depending on situations of respective sites
4. To
discuss research results or the research possibilities of
comparative studies of differences and similarities of
consciousness between Vietnam and Japan
5. To
explore a methodology for collaboration of citizens, planners,
engineers, and researchers corresponding to situations of
respective sites
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