VIET NAM: Slow Onset Hazard Interactions with Enhanced Drought and Flood Extremes in an At-Risk Mega-Delta
| Meeting | VIWC2026 |
| Topic | Project Plaza |
| Author | Duong Du Bui | Stephen Darby |
| Organization | National Central for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (NAWAPI) | University of Southampton |
| ID | 2022.1672199409 |
Content
Our project is focused on the world\'s third largest delta - the Mekong. The Mekong delta is SE Asia\'s rice basket and home to almost 20 million people, but it is exposed to severe environmental risks as a result of climate change and rapid. The world\'s major river deltas are hotspots of agricultural production that support rural livelihoods and feed much of the global population, but as \'climate change hot spots\' deltas are facing a major sustainability crisis. Specifically, there are concerns that many deltas may in the coming decades be \'drowned\' by rising sea levels as the oceans warm (up to 20% of land is projected to be lost in the major deltas of south and southeast Asia alone).
Mekong delta, Slow Onset Hazard Interactions, Enhanced Drought, Flood Extremes
