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...
Main Authors: | van Ledden, Mathijs, Tung, Tran Thanh, Nguyen, Dzung Huy, Nguyen, Long Thanh |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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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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