Climate Change-Induced Water Disaster and Participatory Information
System for Vulnerability Reduction in North Central Vietnam (CPIS)

Dr. MAN QUANG HUY

Present Appointment:

Lecturer, Faculty of Geography, VNU Hanoi University (HUS), Vietnam 

Nationality:  

Vietnam

Education:

2010: Dr. rer. nat,  Georg August University Goettingen, Germany

2000: Master of Sciencein Agriculture, Hanoi Agricultural University, Vietnam

1995: Bachelor's Land Management, Hanoi Agricultural University, Vietnam

2001: Bachelor’s Informatics’ Technology, Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam

2001: English Intensive Course and Information Skills for Researchers and Postgraduates, University of Queensland, Australia, Oct.-Dec

Present Institution:

Faculty of Geography,

VNU Hanoi University of Science (HUS)

Address:

334 Nguyen Trai Str., Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam

Email:

mqhuy@vnu.edu.vn & man.quang@gmail.com   

Awards, Honorsand Recognition:

• Student Achievement Award from Hanoi Agriculture University (1995).
• Honors Master's recognition of achieving the highest grades of the Master's program (2000).
• Graduate Research Fellowship from National Science Foundation (2001).
• Scholarship for Ph.D. Program in Germany from Government Vietnam and German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (2005).
• Australian Leadership Awards fellowships (2013) 

Professional History and Working Experiences:

06.1995 to 12.1997: Researcher at General Department of Land Administration

01.2000 to 05.2005: Head of Information Technology Division, Centre Information in Hanoi Agricultural University. Participating in the academic research activities in HUA

Researcher, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Development Center (SARDC), HUA, Vietnam. Responsible for developing the Geography Information System (GIS) and integrating GIS in other research projects (2000 - 2005).

Subproject Leader: a National project on Applying GIS to Upland and Mountain Database Management, the Collaborative researching Program on Sustainable Land use and rural development in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia, funded by the Deutsche Forschugsgemeinschaft (DFG), Thailand National Research Committee, and Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology. (2001-2003)

Project Leader Ca River environmental impact assessment, The land cover changes overtime and natural resource management issues in Mau Duc commune, Con Cuong District, Nghe An Province, Project on supporting by Ford Foundation (2003-2004)

08.2005 to 02.2010: Ph.D. student inGeorg August University Goettingen, Germany

04. 2011 up to now: Permanent lecturer in the Department of Land Administration, Faculty of Geography at Hanoi University of Science (HUS). Being a member of the Extended Scientific Committee in Faculty of Geography

Participating in the academic research activities in HUS, VNU and other academic institutes working on the fields of land use planning, natural resources and sustainable land management.

Talking part in the proposal National project  “Developing the Oriented Spatial Planning Region to the West of Hanoi”.

National consulting to UN HABITAT with the Vulnerability and Adaptability Assessment (V&AA) to climate change in Project "An integrated strategy for Eco-city development in Hoi An and Its region"  (2010-2012)

Main staff of research project "Application of remote sensing and GIS with community participation in investigation on environmental change and sustainable development in the Northwest mountainous rural area of Vietnam in adaptation to climate change and natural disaster mitigation" supported by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and technology development (2012-2014)

Main researcher of national project number BDKH32 belong to National target program to respond to climate change  "To study and development a model costal city in Vietnam adaptation with Climate change"  support by Vietnamese Government 2012-2015

Publications:

1. Man, Q.H., Đặng Hùng Võ, Đào Châu Thu (1999), Design thematic maps of GIS for assessing land resources at the district level in Vietnam. Master's thesis, p.77 Hanoi University of Agriculture, Vietnam.

2. Man, Q.H. (2005) Applications of Information Technology in Agriculture. In Nguyen H.T. (Ed.), GIS to Evaluate Agricultural Land Use, (pp.199-249). Hanoi: Science and Technology Publisher.

3. Man, Q.H & Kappas, M. (2006) Building a decision support system for land use planning and management at the district level. In Proceedings of the 2^nd Göttingen GIS & Remote Sensing Days: Global Change Issues in Developing and Emerging Countries, 4-6 October 2006. Göttingen, Germany.

4. Man, Q.H. (2008) Developing decision support system for agricultural land use planning and management at the district level in Viet Nam. In Proceedings of the conference on Competition for Resources in a Changing World: New Drive for Rural Development, 7-9 October 2008 (p.317). Hohenheim, Germany.

5. Man, Q. H (2009) Building a decision support system for agricultural land use planning and sustainable management at the district level in Vietnam PhD dissertation,  Göttingen, 2009. - XI, 134p.

6. Huy Q. Man & Kappas, M., (2010) Developing multi objective linear programming to improve the decision marking of land use planning, in proceedings of ACRS 2010, Hanoi Vietnam.

7. "To study the effects of a natural disaster to coastal areas of the city of Hoi An, Quang Nam" Proceeding in International Conference on Vietnamese studies, ICVNS Hanoi, Dec. 2012.

8. Developing a decision support system for agricultural land use planning and sustainable management at the district level in Vietnam" Proceeding in DAAD International Conference on GIS for Environmental Planning and Monitoring in Vietnam, Hanoi Jan. 2013

9. "A climate change vulnerability and adaptability assessment in preparing the long term strategy for model eco-city development of the cities in the central coastal region of Vietnam" International conference Knowledge sector development Vietnam, Melbourne, Australia, May. 2013