Sustainable Ho Chi Minh City: Climate Policies for Emerging Mega Cities

As climate change and urban development are closely interlinked and often interact negatively, this edited volume takes Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam's first mega-urban region as a case study to analyse its vulnerability to climate change and to suggest measures towards a more sustainable urban development. The book offers an overview on land use planning regarding the aspects of urban flooding, urban climate, urban energy and urban mobility as well as spatial views from the angle of urban planning such as the metropolitan level, the city, the neighbourhood and building level. It shows that to a significant degree, measures dealing with climate change can be taken from the toolbox of sustainable urban development and reflects how institutional structures need to change to enhance chances for implementation given socio-cultural and economic constraints. This is merged and integrated into a holistic perspective of planning recommendations, supporting the municipal government to increase its adaptive capacity.

The authors are members of a German government funded research project on how to support HCMC's municipal government to adapt to risks related to climate change.

Holistic approach of environmental and urban planning Overview on methods of vulnerability assessment and related recommendations for urban planning Recommendations for climate change adaption and mitigation on urban, district and building scale Socio economic dimension of urban development Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Part I Introduction: Introduction to Ho Chi Minh City by Antje Katzschner, Frank Schwartze, Bao Thanh and Michael Schmidt.- Climate Change Adaptation Governance in the Ho Chi Minh City Region by Andreas Gravert and Thorsten Wiechmann.- Part II Urban Environment: Urban Environment An Overview of Results by Harry Storch and Nigel Downes.- Adaptation: Integrative Planning Framework for Adapted Land-use Planning by Harry Storch, Nigel Downes, Michael Schmidt, Nguyen Thi Cam Van, Le Cam Dinh and Bao Thanh.- Administrative Requirements for the Integration of Environmental Concerns and Demands of Climate Change into the Planning Process by Manfred Goedecke and Jörn Welsch.- Understanding Ho Chi Minh City´s Urban Structures for Urban Land-use Monitoring and Risk-adapted Land-use Planning by Nigel Downes, Harry Storch, Michael Schmidt, Nguyen Thi Cam Van, Le Canh Dinh, Tran Thong Nhat, and Le Thanh Hoa.- Urban Climate by Lutz Katzschner, René Burghardt, Sebastian Kupski and Sabrina Campe.- Urban Water Management - Spatial Assessment of the Urban Water Balance by Hendrik Rujner and Manfred Goedecke.- Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis for Flood Monitoring and Management in Ho Chi Minh City by Nguyen Xuan Thinh, Jakob Kopec and Maik Netzband.- Urban Transport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Günther Emberger.- Part III: Urban Development: From Research to Design From Design to Action by Frank Schwartze and Dirk Schwede.- Climate Responsive Neighbourhoods for HCMC Compact City vs. Urban Landscape by Ronald Eckert and Huynh Le Hai Chau.- Promoting Climate Adapted Housing and EnergyEfficient Buildings in Vietnam: Chances and Challenges by Dirk Schwede , Michael Waibel , Christoph Hesse and Ngo To Nhien.- People-Centred Innovative Bottom-Up Approaches by Ulrike Schinkel.<p