New Climate Change Findings from I. Christoplos and Co-Researchers Described (The evolving local social contract for managing climate and disaster…

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New Climate Change Findings from I. Christoplos and Co-Researchers Described (The evolving local social contract for managing climate and disaster risk in Vietnam)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week -- A new study on Climate Change is now available. According to news reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "How do disasters shape local government legitimacy in relation to managing climate- and disaster-related risks? This paper looks at how local authorities in Central Vietnam perceive their social contract for risk reduction, including the partial merging of responsibilities for disaster risk management with new plans for and investments in climate change adaptation and broader socioeconomic development. The findings indicate that extreme floods and storms constitute critical junctures that stimulate genuine institutional change."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, "Local officials are proud of their strengthened role in disaster response and they are eager to boost investment in infrastructure. They have struggled to reinforce their legitimacy among their constituents, but given the shifting roles of the state, private sector, and civil society, and the undiminished emphasis on high-risk development models, their responsibilities for responding to emerging climate change scenarios are increasingly nebulous."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "The past basis for legitimacy is no longer valid, but tomorrow's social contract is not yet defined."

For more information on this research see: The evolving local social contract for managing climate and disaster risk in Vietnam. Disasters, 2017;41(3):448-467. Disasters can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Disasters - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-7717)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting I. Christoplos, Danish Inst Int Studies, Nat Resources & Dev, Copenhagen, Denmark. Additional authors for this research include L.D. Ngoan, L.T.H. Sen, N.T.T. Huong and L.S. Lindegaard (see also Climate Change).

Keywords for this news article include: Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, Global Warming, Climate Change.