The Response to Natural Calamities of Residents of Ha Tinh City (Case Study in Dai Nai Ward and Thach Dong Commune)

Abstract

Ha Tinh province in general and Ha Tinh city in particular has been well-known with the harshness of climate and consequences caused by natural disasters. In these localities, there have been the phenomena of quite diverse extreme weather of which storms, floods, heats and droughts have been most famous and have caused many serious consequences. These phenomena have had the negative consequences on the infrastructure, production (especially agricultural production), daily life and health of the local residents. There have been many specific plans, projects and measures of the levels, sectors and localities to respond to the phenomena of extreme weather and to overcome their consequences. Although these solutions have not helped the local people resolve completely the consequences caused by the extreme weather, they have shared a part of difficulties faced by the local people in misfortune. At the same time, the local people also have had their own ways to rescue themselves from the natural calamities.