DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS ON ADAPTATION TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN COASTAL AREAS OF THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

Abstract

This paper applied the multinomial logit model to investigate factors influencing the choice of adaptation actions undertaken by households to deal with extreme weather events in coastal areas of Thua Thien Hue Province. The results show that the choice of being proactive or reactive was significantly determined by the following factors: experience of past disasters, education, permanent housing, access to early warning systems and awareness. Meanwhile, the size of households and limited access to early warning systems are factors that negatively influenced the choice of undertaking a proactive or reactive adaptation action. Therefore, in order to enhance climate change adaptation for local housholds, the local authorities have to ensure that housholds are timely accessed to early warning information, offered developments in production and improvement of incomes, as well as enhacement of propaganda and people’s awareness on the issues of climate change adaptation and disaster risk mitigation.