Success story #3: Flood modelling & city drainage planning
| Month | 6 |
|---|---|
| Publication year | 2020 |
| Pages | 8 |
| Price | free |
| Languages | English |
(PDF, 8 Pages, 13.7 MB, English)
Cities in Vietnam overly rely on traditional drainage systems to discharge surface-runoff. Often, when overflowing rivers concur with intense rainfall, this underground infrastructure does not have the capacity to drain the water in time. As a result, areas with high population density, critical infrastructure, such as hospitals and schools, and low-lying areas, where the poor and vulnerable often dwell, get flooded. In particular in the Mekong-Delta, urban flooding will increase due to climate change and other factors.
