Sheltering from a gathering storm: Typhoon resilience in Vietnam

This case study focuses on key issues related to housing in Da Nang, Vietnam, and provides insights into the economic and nonfinancial returns of adaptive and resilient shelter designs that take into consideration hazards such as typhoons, flooding, and temperature increases.

Recommendations to address the limitations of low-income households in investing in typhoon-resilient housing include:

• providing subsidised loans;
• promoting micro-insurance policies;
• adopting multi-hazard resilient construction;
• improving awareness of at-risk households and communities and stimulating local economies;
• bridging the gap between low-income groups and in-field professionals;
• applying safety-related codes and criteria to local construction to build safer and more resilient communities, particularly in low-income and disaster-prone areas.