Urban climate governance in Southeast Asian small and mid-sized cities: undermining resilience and distributing risks unevenly

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map showing locations of the four case studies (created by authors).

Table 1. Summary of methods used for the case studies.

	Bago, Myanmar	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Koh Kong, Cambodia	Lao Cai, Vietnam
Interviews with residents	10	26	35	45
Interviews with key informants: local authorities, community leaders, and NGOs	22	9	14	23
Date of field research	Feb 2017	March-April 2017	Sept-Dec 2016	July-Aug 2017
Main topics of interviews	Flood management, disaster response policy, coping strategies	Drought, access to water, urban governance	Perception of environmental changes, livelihoods, environmental risks management	Perception of climate-related risks, daily management of risks, implementation of Climate Adaptation Action Plan

Table 2. Summary of four case studies.

	Bago, Myanmar	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Koh Kong, Cambodia	Lao Cai, Vietnam
Population (city)	300,000	150,000	29,000	112,000
Population (province)	5,000,000	1,800,000	126,000	730,000
Main environmental hazards	Flood, drought	Drought, floods	Flood, coastal erosion	Flood and flash flood, landslide, heat wave

Figure 2. Decentralization governance structure in Cambodia.

Figure 3. Decentralization governance structure in Myanmar.

Figure 4. Decentralization governance structure in Thailand.

Figure 5. Decentralization governance structure in Vietnam.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to restrictions, e.g. their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.