Planning practice in support of economically and environmentally sustainable roads in floodplains: The case of the Mekong delta floodplains

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-168

  Douven, Wim ^a   Buurman, Joost ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Delta planning; Environmental assessment; Floodplains; Mekong River; Road planning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISHING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRAULICS; PLANNING PRACTICE; ROAD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; PLANNING; POLICY; ROAD DEVELOPMENT; ROAD REHABILITATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIET NAM;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84879334394     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.048     Document Type: Article

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