Flood impact in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Journal of Maps

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 257-268

  Balica, Stefania ^a   Dinh, Quang ^b   Popescu, Ioana ^a   Vo, Thanh Q ^c   Pham, Dieu Q ^d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mekong; delta; vulnerability; hazard; risk; floods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897584929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2013.859636     Document Type: Article

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