Located in the heart of Central region which usually suffers from natural disasters, Hue, recognized as World Cultural Heritage and Festival city of Vietnam, has consistently exposed to a broad range of risks of natural disasters. There are a number of concerns about how climate changes affect the festival city and what effective risk management approach there should be for the cultural heritage city. This study aims to document some key impacts of natural disasters on Hue festival and culture city and draw out some policy implications for more integrated efforts for better conservation and development of the heritages. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Hue University, Vol. 70, No 1 (2012) pp. 19-28 THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGES ON CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CULTURAL FESTIVALS IN HUE, VIETNAM1 Nguyen Tien Dung College of Sciences, Hue University Abstract. Located in the heart of Central region which usually suffers from natural disasters, Hue, recognized as World Cultural Heritage and Festival city of Vietnam, has consistently exposed to a broad range of risks of natural disasters. There are a number of concerns about how climate changes affect the festival city and what effective risk management approach there should be for the cultural heritage city. This study aims to document some key impacts of natural disasters on Hue festival and culture city and draw out some policy implications for more integrated efforts for better conservation and development of the heritages. 1. Introduction At the time I start writing this paper, the outside temperature is about 40oC; big rivers in Vietnam, upon that the hydro-electronic power plants work to ensure electricity supply for production and consumption, has lowered down its water level; the world weather forecast shows that many European countries are suffering from hot weather that have never happened for many decades; whilst not ever before, freezing cold air will hit South America; Nepalese people as many others who love adventures to the top of the Everest share the same worries that global warming, hydropower plants on rivers have exacerbated negative environmental impacts, changing the icy space into rocky trails to the top of the world In other words2, climate change and its impacts have been observed from the space, to the earth, rivers and go into daily life of each family. Climate change has impacted all aspects of human lives. Therefore, raising awareness and searching for a mechanism and some solutions for mitigation and adaptation to climate change cannot rely on efforts of a single organization, government, but people all over .
