Planning for sustainable urban water systems in adapting to a changing climate – a case study in Can Tho City, Vietnam (original) (raw)
The Climate Adaptation through Sustainable Urban Development Project was a research initiative supported by an Alliance between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Agency of International Development (AusAID) of Australia that focussed on how to bring sustainable urban development principles into practice, as an effective means of adapting to climate change. This report summarises the case study of the project in Can Tho City, Vietnam. The project investigated the use of Integrated Urban Water Management principles to improve the planning of urban water services, through which to enhance the resilience of the city's to climate change. The project demonstrated an approach that can build local capacity for communities in the Mekong Delta to adapt their water systems to a changing climate. This report provides a summary of major findings and achievements of the project. More detailed information can be found in the respective project publica...
Related papers
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022
CanTho city in the Mekong Delta is in the top ten areas affected by climate change. Therefore, assessing climate change impacts, social and economic activities require proposed solutions to respond to climate change. This study aims to (i) apply the MIKE 11 model (Hydrodynamic module and Advection–Dispersion module) to simulate the impacts of climate change scenarios on water resources in CanTho city; (ii) calculate water balance in Can Tho city; and (iii) suggest climate change adaptation plan for sustainable social-economic activities of the city. The results show that when the rainfall changes due to climate change, the flow rate tends to decrease at high tide and increase at low tide. When the sea level rises due to climate change, the flow rate tends to increase at high tide and decrease at low tide. For 2030, the flow will decrease up to 15.6% and 14.3% at the low tide period for RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 compared to the present, respectively. The flow will increase up to 63.5% and 58.9% at the high tide period for RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 compared to the present, respectively. The water demand evaluation shows that the water resource reserve in Can Tho city meets water demands in current and future scenarios under climate change. While rainwater and groundwater can provide enough water in the rainy season, the city has to use surface water during the dry season due to a lack of rainwater. Of these, agriculture contributes the most water demands (85%). Eight adaptation measures to climate change for Can Tho city are developed from 2021 to 2050.
Loading Preview
Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. You can download the paper by clicking the button above.