Planning practice in support of economically and environmentally sustainable roads in floodplains The case of the Mekong delta floodplains 泛洪平原经济和环境可持续道路支持规划实践：以湄公河三角洲泛洪平原为例.pdfVIP

Journal of Environmental Management 128 (2013) 161 e168 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Environmental Management journal homepage: www.elsevi /locate/jenvman Planning practice in support of economically and environmentally sustainable roads in floodplains: The case of the Mekong delta floodplains a,1 b, * Wim Douven , Joost Buurman a UNESCO-IHE, Westvest 7, 2601 AX Delft, The Netherlands b National University of Singapore, NUSDeltares, 2 Engineering Drive 1, E1 #08-24, Singapore 117576, Singapore a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Road development in relatively undisturbed floodplain systems, such as the floodplains of the Mekong Received 13 April 2010 River, will impact hydraulics and interrupt the natural flow of water. This affects the ecology and Received in revised form environment, and the livelihoods of people who depend on fishing and agriculture. On the other hand, 18 April 2013 floods can severely damage road infrastructure in years with large floods and can cause high annual Accepted 25 April 2013 maintenance costs. Improving road development practices in floodplains is a complex, multidimensional Available online 2 June 2013 task involving hydraulic and geotechnical analysis, ecosystem analysis, socio-economic analysis, policy analysis, etc. This paper analyses