The primary goal of this project is to design a coastal protection system, including mangrove rehabilitation, to provide the Bac Lieu province. In Bac Lieu a mangrove belt width of at least 500 m is required for flood protection.

During the project two final scenarios has been developed to protect the Bac Lieu province. The first scenario is focussed on optimised land use behind the mangrove belt. By rearranging the shrimp ponds, a significantly smaller area of mangrove forest has to be rehabilitated in the seaward side. In the second scenario, the shrimp ponds will not be adjusted and mangrove rehabilitation fully takes place in front of the ponds, which results in a large area that needs to be elevated and protected for mangrove planting.

SummaryLast November, we went to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam to conduct a multidisciplinary project. The team consisted of students from the master programmes: Structural engineering, Hydraulic engineering and Construction management and engineering.

In the southern part of Vietnam, where the lower Mekong Delta is located, coastal erosion problems occur. In the Bac Lieu province, one of the twelve provinces in the Mekong Delta, the width of the mangrove belt between the sea dyke and the sea is reduced by 100 m in the last four years by erosion. Furthermore changing land use for shrimp ponds caused lots of deforestation. By rehabilitation of the mangrove forest, the hinterland can be protected against flooding.

Mangrove Project, Bac Liêu, Vietnam

www.mangrove-vietnam.com

Students: fltr: Maurits Enschedé, Roos van der Meer, Remco Oudshoorn, Harm van Oorschot, Zoë van Looij & Thieu StevensPeriod: Q2 ‘16/’17

Multidisciplinary Project CEG 4061-09