Constructing composite indicators to measure the adaptive capacity to climate change at the district level in three provinces of the coastal Mekong delta

Abstract

Measuring adaptive capacity to climate change using composite indicators has been applied in many places around the globe, but is still limited in Vietnam, especially at the district level. Building on secondary data from the local statistics offices, this study develops composite indicators of the adaptive capacity to climate change at the district level in three coastal provinces of the Mekong delta, namely Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, and Soc Trang...