People-centred innovative bottom-up approaches

Abstract

Climate change adaptation is mainly implemented at the local level, by a great variety of actors, interest groups and individuals. Nevertheless, the potential of community and civil society activities is still overlooked by Vietnamese decision-makers and planning institutions. This chapter focuses on the peoplecentred approach of community-based adaptation (CBA). The chapter gives a rather general introduction about the approach and traces a model project implemented within the framework of the Megacity Research Project TP. Ho Chi Minh. The chapter provides a detailed insight into the partner structure and process of the model project and highlights its outcomes as well as its strengths and weaknesses.