Dramatic decrease of flood frequency in the Mekong Delta due to river-bed mining and dyke construction
Park E;Ho HL;Tran DD;Yang X;Alcantara E;Merino E;Son VH;;
The Science of the total environment2020Vol. 723pp. -
159
e2020thedramatic
Abstract
Here we present a proof of concept evaluation of the impacts of riverbed-mining on river-wetland connectivity by analyzing the temporal trends of the flood frequencies in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD), while accounting for the effect of dyke constructions. We focus on the Long Xuyen Quadrangle ( …