Thesis information "The occupational adaptation of coastal residents in the Red River Delta to extreme weather phenomena (Case study in Giao Thien commune, Giao Thuy, Nam Dinh and Con Thoi commune, Kim Son, Ninh Binh)" by HVCH Pham Van Trong, major in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Pham Van Trong 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of birth: April 20, 1986 4. Place of birth: Tam Diep, Ninh Binh 5. Decision to recognize student No. 1538/2009/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated: October 16, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Occupational adaptation of coastal residents in the Red River Delta to extreme weather phenomena (Case study in Giao Thien commune, Giao Thuy, Nam Dinh and Con Thoi commune, Kim Son, Ninh Binh) 8. Major: Sociology. Code: 60.31.30 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Quyet - University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: The topic "The adaptation to occupations of coastal residents in the Red River Delta in the face of weather phenomena", with the objectives of: describing extreme weather phenomena in the coastal area of the Red River Delta; analyzing the level of impact of extreme weather phenomena on occupations of coastal residents in the Red River Delta; studying residents' awareness of the impacts of extreme weather and analyzing their occupational adaptation to the impacts of this phenomenon; making some recommendations for career development to cope with the impacts of extreme weather phenomena in the coastal area of the Red River Delta. With the above specific objectives, through the process of researching the thesis, it can be seen that weather phenomena are occurring more severely and abnormally in the two communes of Con Thoi and Giao Thien. Although the manifestations of weather fluctuations only occur irregularly, without any recurrence, it can be seen that the consequences of these weather phenomena are extremely dangerous. Almost all production activities of local people are directly threatened by extreme weather phenomena. Abnormal weather phenomena have been strongly affecting production activities such as agricultural cultivation, animal husbandry, aquaculture and fishing - important livelihoods of people in the Red River Delta. Its impact causes the production bases and foundations of industries to gradually disappear, leading to ineffective production and cultivation. To adapt to their occupations under the impact of extreme weather phenomena, coastal residents in the Red River Delta have also chosen many different options such as changing the labor structure, changing the occupational structure and adapting to each specific production activity. The changes in the above activities are affected by many different causes. Although the proportion of households reporting changes in production structure related to extreme weather is not high, it is an indication that extreme weather is gradually having a stronger impact on the occupations of rural households in the Red River Delta and 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.
