Open AccessRoads and Floods: Best Practice Guidelines for the Integrated Planning and Design of Economically Sound and Environmentally Friendly Roads in the Mekong Floodplains of Cambodia and Viet Nam
Publication year - 2011
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.52107/mrc.ajgt9k
Subject(s) - mekong river , floodplain , viet nam , sound (geography) , environmentally friendly , sustainable development , geography , environmental resource management , environmental planning , flood myth , water resource management , environmental protection , environmental science , ecology , cartography , paleontology , economy , archaeology , structural basin , geomorphology , geology , economics , biology
The report presents a study on road development in a sensitive ecosystem like the floodplain of the Mekong in a sustainable manner that minimizes the impacts on the benefits of the annual inundations and at the same time reduces damage to roads.