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ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 13
1.1. Back Ground of Study 13
1.2. Problem Statement 15
1.2.1. Research Question 16
1.2.2. Research Objective 16
1.2.3. Hypothesis 17
1.2.4. The Scope of study 18
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORY 30
2.1. Overview of Climate Change 30
2.1.1. Climate Change Definition 30
2.1.2. Impact to Climate Change 31
2.1.3. The Climate Change in Laos 32
2.2. Climate Change Impacts in Rural Community 34
2.2.1. The Impact of Climate Change on Livelihoods 34
2.2.2. The Impact of Climate Change on Farmland 35
2.2.3. The Impact of Climate Change on Economy 36
2.2.4. The Impact of Climate Change on Society 38
2.3. Climate Change Adaptation on Rural Agriculture Community 40
2.3.1. The Definition of Adaptation 40
2.3.2. Definition of Adaptive Ability 41
2.3.3. The Networks on Adaptation 42
2.3.4. The Participation on Adaptation 43
2.3.5. The Capacity Building on Adaptation 45
2.3.6. The Technology on Adaptation 45
2.4. The National Strategy on Climate Change in Lao PDR 47
2.5. Climate Change Adaptation Assessment in Lao PDR 49
2.6. Action Plan for Climate Change impacts and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 51
CHAPTER 3. DATA AND RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 54
3.1. Source of Data 54
3.1.1. Type of Data 54
3.1.2. Method and Data Collection 55
3.1.3. Data Analysis 55
3.2. Conceptual Framework and Methodology 56
CHAPTER 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 58
4.1. The Data Analysis Results 58
4.1.1. Analysis Results of Personal Information 59
4.1.2. Analysis Results of Impacts of climate change to Rural Agriculture Community 64
4.2. Analysis Results of Adaptations on climate change in Rural Agriculture Community 67
4.2.1. Analysis Results of Perception on Climate Change Adaptations in Rural Agriculture Community 68
4.2.2. Analysis Results of Networks on Climate Change Adaptations in Rural Agriculture Community 68
4.2.3. Analysis Results of Participant on Climate Change Adaptations in Rural Agriculture Community 69
4.2.4. Analysis Results of Capacity Building on Climate Change Adaptations in Rural Agriculture Community 70
4.2.5. Analysis Results of Information and Technology on Climate Change Adaptations in Rural Agriculture Community 70
4.3. Hypothesis Test 71
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 77
References 82
ANNEX 12
ANNEX 1: The Questionnaire of data collection 87
요약 91
Table 1. The comparison the characteristics of Three Villages 28
Table 2. the number and percentage of respondents and... 59
Table 3. The number and percentage of respondents... 60
Table 4. Gender and Age of respondents 61
Table 5. Education level and Duration living of respondents 61
Table 6. Occupation and Annual Income of Respondents 62
Table 7. Member in group of respondents in the village 63
Table 8. Reliability Statistics 63
Table 9. Comparison overall climate change impacts to rural community 64
Table 10. Climate change impacts on livelihood. 65
Table 11. Climate change impact on economic. 65
Table 12. Climate change impact on farmland 66
Table 13. Climate change impact on community social 66
Table 14. Comparison overall rural community climate change adaptation 67
Table 15. Climate change adaptation with perception on climate change 68
Table 16. Climate change adaptation with networks 68
Table 17. Climate change adaptation with participation 69
Table 18. Climate change adaptation with capacity building 70
Table 19. Climate change adaptation with information & technology 70
Table 20. Comparison overall climate change on rural community and... 71
Table 21. Comparison overall climate change on rural community and age 72
Table 22. Comparison overall climate change on rural community and... 73
Table 23. Comparison overall adaptation climate change in rural community... 74
Table 24. Comparison overall climate change adaptations in rural... 75
Table 25. Comparison overall adaptation climate change in rural... 76
Figure 1. Map of Vientiane Capital City 20
Figure 2. The location of study area of three villages 22
Figure 3. The vulnerability of Climate change in Southeast Asia (2009) 34
Figure 4. Adaptive Capacity of Southeast Asia (2009) 42
Figure 5. Relationship between climate change impacts, risks and adaptive in the... 57