Information on the thesis "Occupational Adaptation of Coastal Residents in the Red River Delta to Extreme Weather Phenomena (Case Study in Giao Thien Commune, Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province and Con Thoi Commune, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province)" by graduate student Pham Van Trong, majoring in Sociology.1. Student's Full Name: Pham Van Trong 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of Birth: April 20, 1986 4. Place of Birth: Tam Diep, Ninh Binh 5. Decision No. 1538/2009/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 16, 2009, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Occupational Adaptation of Coastal Residents in the Red River Delta to Extreme Weather Phenomena (Case Study in Giao Thien Commune, Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province and Con Thoi Commune, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province) 8. Specialization: Sociology Code: 60.31.30 9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Quyet – University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi 10. Summary of thesis results: The thesis topic is “Adaptation to Occupations of Coastal Residents in the Red River Delta to Extreme Weather Phenomena”, with the objectives of: describing extreme weather phenomena in the coastal areas of the Red River Delta; analyzing the impact of extreme weather phenomena on the occupations of coastal residents in the Red River Delta; understanding residents' awareness of the impacts of extreme weather and analyzing their adaptation to occupations in response to these phenomena; and providing some recommendations for occupational development to cope with the impacts of extreme weather phenomena in the coastal areas of the Red River Delta. With the above specific objectives, the research process of the thesis shows that weather phenomena are occurring more severely and unusually in the two communes of Con Thoi and Giao Thien. Although extreme weather events occur only sporadically and have not been repeated, their consequences are extremely dangerous. Almost all production activities of the local people are directly threatened by extreme weather phenomena. These unusual weather events have had a strong impact on production activities such as agriculture, livestock farming, aquaculture, and fishing – vital livelihoods for people in the Red River Delta. The impact leads to the gradual loss of the production foundations of these industries, resulting in inefficient production and farming. To adapt to the effects of extreme weather, coastal residents of the Red River Delta have chosen various options, such as restructuring the labor force, changing occupations, and adapting to specific production activities. These changes in activities are influenced by many different factors. Although the percentage of households citing extreme weather as the reason for changes in production structure was not high, it indicated that extreme weather is gradually having a stronger impact on the livelihoods of rural households in the Red River Delta, forcing them to adapt in various ways to survive.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Pham Van Trong 2. Sex: Male. 3. Date of birth: April 20, 1986 4. Place of birth: Tam Diep district, Ninh Binh province 5. Admission decision number: 1538/2009/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH; Dated: October 16, 2009. 6. Changes in academic process: No. 7. Official thesis title: Occupational adaptations of coastal residents in the Red River Delta towards extreme weather conditions (A study in Giao Thien commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province and Con Thoi commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province) 8. Major: Sociology Code: 60 31 30. 9. Supervisor: Associate Professor. Dr. Pham Van Quyet 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Study on “Occupational adaptations of coastal residents in the Red River Delta towards extreme weather conditions” with objectives: first, it aims to describe extreme weather changes in coastal areas of the Red River Delta; secondly it analyzes impacts of these changes to the local jobs; it also tries to find out local residents' awareness about effects and how they can adapt to keep their careers; finally, giving recommendations on policies to adapt extreme weather changes for this region. The results of this study show that severe and unusual weather changes have been happening in Shuttle and Giao Thien. Although the climate changes have been occurring unusually without repetitions, the dangerous consequences could be observed. Most local production activities might directly be threatened by these serious phenomena. These symptoms have been largely dependent on agricultural components such as farming, animal husbandry, aquaculture and fisheries, which are popular and important occupations of people's livelihoods in Red river Delta. Due to the diminishment of producing conditions, the agricultural productivity has been gradually decreasing. In order to encounter the weather changes, local residents try to adapt and adopt various solutions, such as: labor and occupation restructures and flexible adaptations in each manufacturing sectors are their predominant choices. Climate changes are results from quite many different causes. Although the proposal of households which have shifted to have other jobs due to extreme weather changes is not really high, it poses a bad sign for these slow phenomena, which impact local daily lives and force them to act for their survival.
