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Volume 24, Number 1, 2019

A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS BY VULNERABILITY INDEX AND QUANTITATIVE MODELING: A CASE STUDY OF COASTAL PROVINCES IN VIETNAM

Pham Minh Tam. Faculty of Geography, Vietnam National University. Email: phamminhtam1989@gmail.com

Dinh Thi Hang. Hanoi University of Natural resources and Environment. Email: dinhhang.2796@gmail.com

Doan Thi Truc Linh. Can Tho University, Vietnam; University of South Australia, Australia. Email: dttlinh@ctu.edu.vn

Truong Thi Thuy Duong. Banking Academy. Email: thuyduongktv@yahoo.com.vn

Luu Quoc Dat. Faculty of Development Economics, University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University. Email: datluuquoc@gmail.com

During the last decades, global climate change has led to serious impacts on nature, environment and socio-economic development in several places, especially in coastal zones. Vietnam is one of the countries, which was significantly affected by climate change. Hence, establishing an integrated framework to analysis climate change impacts for 28…
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MULTIDIMENSIONAL VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY INDEX IN SELF EMPLOYED WORKERS IN LA MATANZA CITY, ARGENTINA

Esteban Otto Thomasz. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Programa Vulnerabilidad al Riesgo Climático (ProVul). Email: ethomasz@econ.uba.ar

Mariano Eriz. Universidad de Extremadura, Escuela internacional de Posgrado, Programa de Doctorado en Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible. Email: merizna@alumnos.unex.es

In this paper we propose an operationalization of a multidimensional vulnerability to poverty index, with the objective of overcame the dichotomy of poverty measurements such as the poverty line and unsatisfied basic needs, which fails to represent socioeconomic restrictions of focalized groups. With the information obtained through a survey made…
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FORGOTTEN EFFECTS IN THE VALUATION OF THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING INDEX IN MEXICO’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

G. G. Alfaro-Calderón. Facultad de Contaduría y Ciencias Administrativas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. Email: ggalfaroc@gmail.com.

N. L. Godínez-Reyes. Facultad de Economía “Vasco de Quiroga”, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. Email: lgodinez5@gmail.com.

R. Gómez-Monge. Facultad de Economía “Vasco de Quiroga”, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. Email: rogomo@gmail.com.

V. Alfaro-García. Facultad de Economía, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México. Email: valfaro06@gmail.com

A. M. Gil-Lafuente. Business School, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. Email: amgil@ub.edu

The economic, social and environmental crises of recent years have caused a global concern for the need to find mechanisms that enable efficient development processes and that lead countries towards sustainability. In particular, emerging countries have specific characteristics that force them to face the issue of sustainable development under a…
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