Rise and Fall: strategies for the subsiding and urbanising Mekong Delta (Vietnam) facing increasing salt water intrusion
News:
Mid-term policy brief (binnenkort de tweede)
Land subsidence Mekong delta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMr_BKzY4lU
Modelled hydraulic head and subsidence in the Mekong delta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVCky3etorw
Minderhoud, P.S.J., Erkens, G., Van Hung, P., Vuong, B.T., Erban, L.E., Kooi, H., Stouthamer, E., 2017. Impacts of 25 years of groundwater extraction on subsidence in the Mekong delta, Vietnam. Environ. Res. Lett. 12, 13. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa7146
Minderhoud, P.S.J., Coumou, L., Erban, L.E., Middelkoop, H., Stouthamer, E., Addink, E.A., 2018. The relation between land use and subsidence in the Vietnamese Mekong delta. Sci. Total Environ. 634, 715-726. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.372
Schmidt, C., 2015. Delta subsidence, an imminent threat to coastal populations. Environ. Heal. Perspect. 123, 204-209
Schmidt, C., 2015. Alarm over a sinking delta. Science. 348, 845-846.
Workshop Can Tho, Vietnam, March 2017
P olicy note march 2017: Towards strategies for the subsiding Mekong Delta in Vietnam
WalkTEM field campaign salinity mapping Soc Trang Province
Project: September 2014 - Augustus 2018
This project aims to enhance the capabilities of individuals and organisations to develop sustainable strategies for dealing with groundwater extraction, land subsidence and salt water intrusion in the increasingly urbanising Mekong Delta (Vietnam). We will enlarge the knowledge base of stakeholders (including policy makers, water managers and scientists) and work with them to develop and implement innovative tools and technologies in practice and policy. A new integrated delta model will be developed, linking surface water, groundwater and geo-mechanical models, to analyse the interrelated character of groundwater extraction, subsidence levels and salt water intrusion. Together with stakeholders the new and comprehensive model will be constructed and applied to quantify the effects of water management strategies in the Mekong Delta. Stakeholders will analyse and develop adequate strategies by simulating and demonstrating the effects of development scenarios and policy recommendations, such as expressed in the Mekong Delta Plan (2013).
See also: website Vietnam
More Information:
Dr.ir. Gualbert Oude Essink, +31 (0)6 30550408, gualbert dot oudeessink at deltares dot nl
Dr. Gilles Erkens, gilles dot erkens at deltares dot nl
Dr. Henriette Otter, henriette dot otter at deltares dot nl
