Research Note: On the energy footprint of a Vietnamese middle-class household
Environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation in Vietnam have become pressing issues for researchers and policy makers. At the same time Vietnam’s re-emerging middle classes are be-ginning to gain attention. HCMC’s middle classes express their relatively better social positions through...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pazifische Studien e.V.
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Pacific Geographies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/pg39_earl.pdf |
| Summary: | Environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation in Vietnam have become pressing issues for researchers and policy makers. At the same time Vietnam’s re-emerging middle classes are be-ginning to gain attention. HCMC’s middle classes express their relatively better social positions through the material markers of a high standard of living, which produces status that is locally valued. The power they now wield as consumers and trend-setters is recognised as a potential source for stimulating social change towards sustainable urban development (Waibel 2009: 3). But the urban environment is diverse. Unlike development in the peri-urban fringe, residents in the densely-populated inner city adapt their living practices to the constraints of the built environment and their household resources. Further, with so many of HCMC’s new middle classes being first-generation migrants, many are familiar with economical and provincial practices of energy conservation, recycling and reuse. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-1468 2199-9104 |