Roles of Urban Planning to Prevent Climate Change Disasters in Vietnam

Vietnam, one of the countries at the greatest risk of being damaged and affected by climate change, attempts to make an active response to climate change and sets sustainable development as a national vision. However, Vietnam lacks systematic support of technology for disaster prevention within urban planning framework, although the vulnerability of natural disasters has been increasing due to rapid urbanization along with economic growth. Korea’s experience in handling rapid urban growth would provide some insights to Vietnam on establishing measures to cope with climate change disasters. Thus, this paper analyzed the applicability of the Korean urban planning system for disaster prevention to Vietnam and derived some implications. Through the analysis of the characteristics of climate change disasters in Vietnam and the current status and limitations of the Vietnam’s urban planning and policies for the prevention of climate change disasters, policy, technical and economic measures and implications were provided for the introduction of disaster-preventive urban planning in Vietnam.