Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam

This paper provides a high-level assessment of Vietnam's sea dike system and its prescribed dike safety standards. The assessment estimates that 65 percent of the sea dike system does not meet the safety standards and that about $2 billion in...

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Main Authors:	van Ledden, Mathijs, Tung, Tran Thanh, Nguyen, Dzung Huy, Nguyen, Long Thanh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FLOOD RISK DIKE SAFETY STANDARDS RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832061596654131528/Coastal-Development-between-Opportunity-and-Disaster-Risk-An-Assessment-of-the-Coastal-Protection-System-in-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34283

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spelling	okr-10986-342832022-09-20T00:11:00Z Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam van Ledden, Mathijs Tung, Tran Thanh Nguyen, Dzung Huy Nguyen, Long Thanh DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FLOOD RISK DIKE SAFETY STANDARDS RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE This paper provides a high-level assessment of Vietnam's sea dike system and its prescribed dike safety standards. The assessment estimates that 65 percent of the sea dike system does not meet the safety standards and that about $2 billion in capital investment is necessary to meet the standards, mainly in the Red River Delta. It also shows that current safety standards need finetuning, especially in areas with high risk and growth. This paper acts as a technical background paper to the report Resilient Shores: Vietnam's Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk (Rentschler et al. 2020). 2020-08-06T15:19:04Z 2020-08-06T15:19:04Z 2020-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832061596654131528/Coastal-Development-between-Opportunity-and-Disaster-Risk-An-Assessment-of-the-Coastal-Protection-System-in-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34283 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9351 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FLOOD RISK DIKE SAFETY STANDARDS RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
spellingShingle	DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FLOOD RISK DIKE SAFETY STANDARDS RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE van Ledden, Mathijs Tung, Tran Thanh Nguyen, Dzung Huy Nguyen, Long Thanh Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam
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description	This paper provides a high-level assessment of Vietnam's sea dike system and its prescribed dike safety standards. The assessment estimates that 65 percent of the sea dike system does not meet the safety standards and that about $2 billion in capital investment is necessary to meet the standards, mainly in the Red River Delta. It also shows that current safety standards need finetuning, especially in areas with high risk and growth. This paper acts as a technical background paper to the report Resilient Shores: Vietnam's Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk (Rentschler et al. 2020).
format	Working Paper
author	van Ledden, Mathijs Tung, Tran Thanh Nguyen, Dzung Huy Nguyen, Long Thanh
author_facet	van Ledden, Mathijs Tung, Tran Thanh Nguyen, Dzung Huy Nguyen, Long Thanh
author_sort	van Ledden, Mathijs
title	Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam
title_short	Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam
title_full	Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam
title_fullStr	Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam
title_sort	coastal development between opportunity and disaster risk : an assessment of the coastal protection system in vietnam
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832061596654131528/Coastal-Development-between-Opportunity-and-Disaster-Risk-An-Assessment-of-the-Coastal-Protection-System-in-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34283
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Coastal Development between Opportunity and Disaster Risk : An Assessment of the Coastal Protection System in Vietnam

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