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  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    DLR-DFD, UNU-EHS, University of Bonn (INRES), ZEF, University of Karlsruhe , EOMAP, DHI Germany , 2wcom, SIWRR, Sub-NIAPP, SRHMC, DITAGIS, University of Can Tho, GIRS-VAST, SISS
    Summary:

    The Mekong Delta in Vietnam offers natural resources for several million inhabitants. However, a strong population increase, changing climatic conditions and regulatory measures at the upper reaches of the Mekong lead to severe changes in the Delta. Therefore, decision makers, planners and local authorities have to face new challenges. Extreme flood events occur more frequently, drinking water availability is increasingly limited, soils show signs of salinization or acidification, species and complete habitats diminish. All these problems call for an optimized, integrated resource management. For this purpose detailed knowledge and hydrologic,-, hydraulic-, ecologic-, and sociologic factors must be available. Furthermore, the cooperation of national institutes as well as national, regional and local authorities need to be strengthened.

    It is the goal of WISDOM to jointly (Vietnamese and German partners) design and implement an Information System for the Mekong Delta, containing information from the fields of hydrology, sociology, information technology and earth observation. The integration of such data will enable the end-user of the system to perform analyses on very specific questions; and thus will supply the end-user with a tool supporting regional planning activities.

    _Source: WISDOM, a German-Vietnamese Initiative, June 28, 2010._

    Project Components:

    The Water-related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta, WISDOM is a multidisciplinary project of German-Vietnamese Initiative. Its main objective is to develop and implement a platform for the collection, exchange and processing of water related information; this platform will also provide operational services in the fields of disaster prevention and mitigation and integrated water resources management in the project region.

    Expected Outputs:

    The design of the system puts the focus on the constant integration of available and newly generated data from all different disciplines. This enables user-oriented analyses and custom designed querying to develop sustainable solutions in the field of resource management. Possible applications of the system are:

    * Monitoring of floods and droughts;
    * Evaluation of flood and drought risk, damage potential and actual damages;
    * Analyses of water quality, pollution and sediment load;
    * The improvement of flood prediction via remotely sensed precipitation information;
    * Detailed adaptation of surface and sub-surface discharge models;
    * Information of landcover- and landuse changes;
    * Observation of settlement development, surface sealing and population growth.

    Contacts:

    Nguyen Quy Hanh
    Center for Development Research (ZEF) / University of Bonn
    E-mail: hanh.nguyen@uni-bonn.de
    Phone: +49 0228 73 4962

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Mekong Delta inhabitants
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    Resources:
    WISDOM, a German-Vietnamese Initiative
    WISDOM, a German-Vietnamese Initiative- ZEF
    Water Related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong, Vietnam
    WISDOM: Water-Informationsystem for the Mekong-Delta
    Water-related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta WISDOM - GFZ
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