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Modelling Flood Risk in Central Viet Nam: A Quantitative Assessment of Adaptation Benefits in the Huong River Catchment - EN

Viet Nam's extensive coastline and densely populated riverine and coastal regions render it particularly susceptible to flood hazards. The centrally governed city of Hue, formerly part of Thua-Thien Hue province, exemplifies this vulnerability. The Huong River catchment, integral to Hue's urban and peri-urban landscapes, frequently experiences flooding events that adversely affect communities, infrastructure and ecosystems, and thus serves as the research area of this analysis.


This report provides a quantitative perspective on flood risks in the Huong River catchment, utilizing the open-source CLIMADA modelling platform to model hazard, exposure and vulnerability data, as well as a specifically developed random forest model, e.g. for building classification. It complements the assessment detailed in the report Flood Risks in Hue, Central Viet Nam: An assessment of flood hazards, exposures, vulnerabilities, root causes and impacts (Sett et al. 2025). Together, these analyses, as well as other outcomes of the FloodAdaptVN project, offer a comprehensive understanding of flood risk dynamics in the region, supporting the development of targeted, sustainable flood risk management and adaptation strategies at the catchment level.

Dr. Maxime Souvignet

Dr. Maxime Souvignet

Dhiraj Raj Gyawali

Dhiraj Raj Gyawali

Eike Behre

Eike Behre

Florian Waldschmidt

Florian Waldschmidt

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