Integrating new sea‐level scenarios into coastal risk and adaptation assessments: An ongoing process

RJ Nicholls, SE Hanson, JA Lowe… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The release of new and updated sea‐level rise (SLR) information, such as from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports, needs to be …

Mekong delta much lower than previously assumed in sea-level rise impact assessments

PSJ Minderhoud, L Coumou, G Erkens… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Deltas are low-relief landforms that are extremely vulnerable to sea-level rise. Impact
assessments of relative sea-level rise in deltas primarily depend on elevation data accuracy …

On the exploitation of remote sensing technologies for the monitoring of coastal and river delta regions

Q Zhao, J Pan, AT Devlin, M Tang, C Yao… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing technologies are extensively applied to prevent, monitor, and forecast
hazardous risk conditions in the present-day global climate change era. This paper presents …

Has dyke development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta shifted flood hazard downstream?

NVK Triet, NV Dung, H Fujii, M Kummu… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In the Vietnamese part of the Mekong Delta (VMD) the areas with three rice crops per year
have been expanded rapidly during the last 15 years. Paddy-rice cultivation during the flood …

[HTML][HTML] Governance conditions for adaptive freshwater management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

TP Ha, C Dieperink, HS Otter, P Hoekstra - Journal of Hydrology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is a region of utmost importance to Vietnam's
national food security. However, the availability of required freshwater resources (from both …

Monitoring changes in land use and distribution of mangroves in the southeastern part of the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

HTC Hong, R Avtar, M Fujii - Tropical ecology, 2019 - Springer
Mangroves are one of the most valuable and productive coastal ecosystems. Previous
studies show a severe loss of mangroves around the world over the last several decades …

Wave reduction efficiency for three classes of breakwaters on the coastal Mekong Delta

NM Nguyen, D Do Van, DT Le, NT Pham… - Applied Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents a laboratory scale implementation of breakwaters and their ability to
mitigate extreme wave erosion on the coast of Mekong Delta. Three classes of breakwaters …

Identifying causes of urban differential subsidence in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta by combining InSAR and field observations

K de Wit, BR Lexmond, E Stouthamer, O Neussner… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Mekong delta, like many deltas around the world, is subsiding at a relatively high rate,
predominately due to natural compaction and groundwater overexploitation. Land …

Assessing potential impacts of sea level rise on mangrove ecosystems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

ATN Dang, M Reid, L Kumar - Regional Environmental Change, 2022 - Springer
Sea level rise (SLR) due to global climate change negatively impacts coastal zones, in
particular wetland and mangrove ecosystems. Mangroves in the Mekong Delta (MD) in …

[HTML][HTML] Water-level changes and subsidence rates along the Saigon-Dong Nai River Estuary and the East Sea coastline of the Mekong Delta

TC Nguyen, K Schwarzer, K Ricklefs - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
Southeast Asian deltas are highly threatened areas for flooding as a response to the
combined effects of natural compaction and subsidence exacerbated by human impacts, eg …