Risk Assessment of Desertification for Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Hai, Le Trinh; Gobin, Anne; Hens, Luc

doi:10.1080/10807039.2012.716688

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“…Based on the major factors that determine environmental sensitivity to desertification in the Binh Thuan Province of Vietnam (Hai et al, 2013(Hai et al, , 2014(Hai et al, , 2016 we included indicators for climate, soil-landscape, vegetation, water resources management and human activities into a common framework. Local knowledge on these different contributing factors relate to resources management and pressures from human population densities.…”

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“…A multi-factorial approach was developed and based on local knowledge of environmental processes as documented in Hai et al (2013Hai et al ( , 2014Hai et al ( , 2016, thereby including socio-economic and bio-physical factors. We hypothesised that the area currently at severe risk of desertification can be explained by the different socio-economic and bio-physical factors.…”

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Spatial indicators for desertification in south-east Vietnam

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Gobin²,

Hương³

2019

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Abstract. Desertification is influenced by different factors that relate to climate, soil, topography, geology, vegetation, human pressure and land and water management. The quantification of these factors into spatially explicit indicators and subsequent evaluation provides for a framework that allows to identify areas currently at risk of desertification and to evaluate important contributing bio-physical and socio-economic factors. Applied to south-east Vietnam, a baseline 2010 map showed that 14.4 % of the area, mainly along the coast and in the north east, is desertified with another 35.4 % at severe risk of desertification. The Ministry of Environment has defined the area with a ratio of rainfall to evapotranspiration smaller or equal to 0.65, which equals 1,233 km2 or 15 % of the province, as desertified area. The developed framework allows for decision support in a what if structure, and for the projection of potentially vulnerable areas under future scenarios. With projected climate change and current population growth the desertified area is expected to increase with 122 % (or 137,850 ha) towards 2050. The methodology can be extended to neighbouring provinces that experience similar sensitivities to desertification.

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Spatial indicators for desertification in south-east Vietnam

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Hương³

2019

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“…Een risicomatrix werd opgemaakt om de huidige klimaat-en weerfenomen weer te geven die een impact hebben en daardoor een risico betekenen voor de meest voorkomende ecosystemen en hun diensten (Hai et al, 2013). De risicomatrix (Table 1) heeft als rijen de klimaat-en weerfenomenen en als kolommen de sectoren die een impact ondervinden.…”

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Klimaatverandering en klimaatbestendig landschap te Voeren

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“…We hypothesised that the area currently at severe risk of desertification can be explained by different socio-economic and biophysical factors, using local knowledge of environmental contributing factors as elucidated by Hai et al (2013Hai et al ( , 2014Hai et al ( , 2016. The objectives were to develop a framework that integrates the important biophysical and socio-economic factors contributing to the risk of desertification, spatially delineate areas at risk of desertification in the year 2010 as a baseline, and demonstrate the developed framework for potential vulnerable areas under projected climate change and population growth.…”

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Spatial indicators for desertification in southeast Vietnam

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Gobin

Hương

2019

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Desertification is influenced by different factors that relate to climate, soil, topography, geology, vegetation, human pressure, and land and water management. The quantification of these factors into spatially explicit indicators and subsequent evaluation provides for a framework that allows us to identify areas currently at risk of desertification and to evaluate important contributing biophysical and socio-economic factors. Based on local knowledge of environmental contributing factors to the risk of desertification in the Binh Thuan Province of southeast Vietnam, a baseline 2010 map showed that 14.4 % of the area, mainly along the coast and in the northeast, is desertified with another 35.4 % at severe risk of desertification. The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment has defined the area with a ratio of rainfall to evapotranspiration smaller or equal to 0.65, which equals 1233 km2 or 15 % of the province, as desertified area, which corresponds well with the baseline 2010 map. The developed framework incorporates the important contributing factors and therefore allows for decision support in a “what if” structure and for the projection of potentially vulnerable areas under future scenarios. With projected climate change and population growth, the desertified area is expected to increase by 122 % (or 137 850 ha) towards 2050. The developed methodology can be extended to neighbouring provinces that experience similar sensitivities to desertification.

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Risk Assessment of Desertification for Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Cited by 16 publications

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Spatial indicators for desertification in south-east Vietnam

Spatial indicators for desertification in south-east Vietnam

Klimaatverandering en klimaatbestendig landschap te Voeren

Spatial indicators for desertification in southeast Vietnam

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