Papers by NGUYEN KHANH VAN
Ukrainian Geographical Journal, 2020
Island districts Co To (including 400 islands) and Van Don (including 600 islands) have a favoura... more Island districts Co To (including 400 islands) and Van Don (including 600 islands) have a favourable geographic location, situated in the semi-direct economic impact of the tourist centre of the Gulf of Tonkin. The area has unique tourism resources to create conditions for the formation and organization of various special forms of tourism and making Co To and Van Don became a major tourist resort in Vietnam northeast tourist region. But such research areas as waste increasing, untreated sewage into the natural environment releasing and the social evils with the management are still restricted. Clearly, to develop this place into a big attraction the country needs to ensure the quality of travel, to meet the goal of sustainable tourism development in the near future. An indicator system of sustainable development can help the managers, and decision-makers to deal with the problem. Delphi is one of the appropriate research methods to develop the indicators for the study area. Using the Delphi method, 24 indicators were selected by experts, including 14 of natural resources, 4 of economic, 3 of environmental and 3 of cultural and social aspects.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2011
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme mentioned in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol to the ... more Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme mentioned in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is one of the main initiatives of the world community to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. In Vietnam, solar plant and wind power development are two important resolutions to address the impact of climate change and GHG reduction. To evaluate the sustainability of these projects, a solar plant and wind power project on Con Co Island, Quang Tri province, Vietnam is taken as a case study. The analytic hierarchy process and multi-criteria assessment are applied as the main measurement instruments. Scenario I provides the sustainability scores of composite sustainable development index (I CSD : 0.509) for the solar plant and for the wind plant (I CSD : 0.490). In Scenario II both power projects score high (the solar plant I CSD : 0.86 and the wind power I CSD : 0.838). The multi-indicator assessment allows evaluating the two projects on the island. The results of this study indicated that, these projects help to reduce the environmental pollution and improve the local life. In addition, it raises the awareness of decision-makers about the values of the energy systems as part of the CDM.
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Papers by NGUYEN KHANH VAN