Central provinces initiative, partnership to mitigate natural disasters in Central Vietnam: Summary report

Evaluation on mitigation of natural disasters, mainly floods, in Central Vietnam, results of the findings of the mission, policy planning, disaster response, sustainability, donor response, prioritized list of mitigation projects, empowerment of communities that live with floods,

CPI-Central Province Initiative to Mitigate Natural Disasters in Central Vietnam

After the severe floods that occurred at the end of 1999 in the Central Provinces of Vietnam, and the devastating effect they had in terms of loss of life and property, a series of disaster mitigation initiatives were taken by a number of Government Authorities and the Vietnam Donor Community. These initiatives were led by the Ministry of...

From probability of exceendance to probability of flooding

A chain is never stronger than its weakest link. This insight is the basis for the calculation method to determine the f lood probabilities of dike ring areas in the Netherlands. The TAW can already formulate first recommendations on research and policy making. This does not imply that the research on 'Flood risks: a study on probabilities and...

Sea dikes northern part of Vietnam

The coastal areas of Vietnam are repeatedly hit by devastating storms and typhoons. Protective sea dikes are overtopped or breached frequently, with the resulting flooding causing damage to agriculture land, loss of life and crops, and destruction of infrastructure. In the coastal area of the five northern provinces of the Red River Delta, 361...

Safety against inundation: The dutch approach

The most urbanized part of the Netherlands is situated below sea level and is protected by dikes. By act of parliament allowable inundation frequencies for each part of the country are fixed. In case of two dangers (river run-off and storm surge) it is a problem to determine design values for dikes. Guidelines are developed to solve these...