Dyke design, floodplain restoration and mangrove co-management as parts of an area coastal protection strategy for the mud coasts of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 991-1004

  Albers, T ^a   Schmitt, K ^b  

^a Engineering Consultants von Lieberman GmbH   (Germany)

^b PDCP Bank Centre   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bamboo T fences; Coastal engineering; Coastal protection; Dyke design; Erosion; Mangroves

Indexed keywords

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84946027801     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: 15729834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-015-9441-3     Document Type: Article

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