Planning and Implementation of the Dyke Systems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam [Elektronische Ressource] / Cong Huu Pham

Planning and Implementation of the Dyke Systems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades (Dr. rer. nat.) der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn vorgelegt von PHAM Cong Huu aus Kien Giang, Vietnam Bonn, 2011 Angefertigt mit Genehmigung der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Eckart Ehlers 2. Gutachter: Prof.Dr. Jürgen Pohl Tag der Promotion: 25.03.2011 Erscheinungsjahr: 2011 Abstract Floods are a dangerous threat and an implicit risk for farming communities in rural floodplains of the Mekong Delta (MD). The Vietnamese government decided the dyke system construction to control floods and ensure safety for life and livelihood of flood affected communities. The case study of this dissertation refers to Can Tho city, an average floodplain community of the MD, covering also 9 districts. Here a comprehensive dyke system has been constructed to control flood risks. This thesis investigates the existing problems in the dyke system planning and its implementation, dyke impacts on the natural environment and socio-economic development as well as the adaptability of the flood affected farming communities in the protected floodplains.