Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81061 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/80
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Climate change is a potential threat to Vietnam's development as current and future infrastructure will be vulnerable to climate change impacts. This paper focuses on the physical asset of road infrastructure in Vietnam by evaluating the potential impact of changes from stressors, including: sea level rise, precipitation, temperature and flooding. Across 56 climate scenarios, the mean additional cost of maintaining the same road network through 2050 amount to US$10.5 billion. The potential scale of these impacts establishes climate change adaptation as an important component of planning and policy in the current and near future.
Subjects: 
climate change
road infrastructure
stressor response functions
Vietnam
JEL: 
Q18
R42
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-544-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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