Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam: Engineering and Planning Perspectives

Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam is the first book to focus specifically on natural hazards and climate change in Vietnam. The book examines threats such as tropical cyclones, sea-level rise, flooding, erosion, and salinity intrusion, and their respective effects on coastal structures...

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Main Author: Thao, Nguyen Danh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington Elsevier Science 2014
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Online Access:FLA01
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Summary:Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam is the first book to focus specifically on natural hazards and climate change in Vietnam. The book examines threats such as tropical cyclones, sea-level rise, flooding, erosion, and salinity intrusion, and their respective effects on coastal structures and environments. It also looks at crucial management and mitigation efforts, including breakwater design, irrigation systems, coastal dunes and dikes, and more. The challenges faced by this country in the future will have important regional and global repercussions; areas such as
Item Description:3.6.2.3 The Coastline Section from Hai Chinh (Hai Hau district-Nam Dinh Province) to Thinh Long Town (Hai Hau district-Nam ..
Physical Description:1 online resource (422 pages)
ISBN:9780128004791
0128004797