Coastal Hazards

Hazard

In the country of Vietnam every year waves have been gradually destryoing 3-4 meters of land. Not only that but due to this every year at least 80-90 houses get washed away. The reason as to why the country is experiencing such high erosion rates is because of the increase on urbanization, economic growth, as well as climate change. Even with such risks happening in the coast of Vietnam that is where economic sectors are hosted such as tourism, industry, and aquaculture which work as a way to help the socioeconomic development in the country. It has been told that more than 50% of eroded areas in the country are more than 1km in length and 10.6% of the coast has gone 200m or more inland which just shows how bad it is in the central coastline excluding the north/south parts. Another major factor for such a thing happening in Vietnam is due to the tropical cyclones that are 60% of storms that affect Vietnam's marine zone. As for human factors that affect the erosion happening in the country include deforestation of mangrove's since it reduces that way in which how they minimize wind storms and waves, other things include embankment, upstream irrigation, and mining.

On the other hand what the country can do to mitigate the problem is to add either permanent or soft structures. These structures include dykes, geotubes, or wave/wind breaking plants. One major thing that the country can do which I think is most important is to raise awareness to their citizens about the hazards of natural disasters. This includes the major reasons as to why erosion is happening as well as the rate in which its happening. Something else would be to not build homes anymore in these areas to reduce building damages and people having to be relocated which costs a lot to do. One other thing would be to have accessible databases with detailed information on the hazards and risk as well as having an upgraded early warning system so that people can be prepared in advanced. Overall though this explains the coastal hazard that Vietnam experiences. 



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  1. AnonymousApril 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM

    It was very interesting to learn about Vietnam's coastal erosion issues, as I had no idea they were so intense.

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  2. Lyndsey LaceyApril 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM

    Hello! I enjoyed reading your excerpt about Vietnam's ongoing coastal erosion issues as they intrigued me. I had no idea that Vietnam was being so severely effected by erosion. I hope Vietnam continues to mitigate this problem in hopes of lessening the issue.

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  3. Finn O'ConnorApril 24, 2024 at 5:38 PM

    Well done Erica! I enjoyed your blog a lot. I thought you did a very good job highlighting that urbanization, climate change and economic growth are the main factors in Vietnam's coastal hazards. Also, I liked that you included ways to attack the problem and mitigate the risks or coastal hazards in Vietnam I hope these solutions are implemented in the near future!

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  4. reillyApril 26, 2024 at 12:50 PM

    Hey! This is a great post! The information you provided was in depth and easy to understand! The mitigation methods are super interesting!

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  5. Esteban RiosApril 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM

    Hello. It is very upsetting to see that many houses get washed away on the coast. Although this may be a common sense risk of living near the ocean it is very unfortunate and hopefully this financially is dealt with in the insurance aspect given the coastal living is expensive enough already.

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  6. Daniel M.April 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM

    Hi Erica,
    it was interesting reading about Vietnam's coastal erosion. The fact that 3 to 4 meters of land gets destroyed by waves every year is pretty crazy to me. Up to around 90 houses being washed away is pretty interesting too, although unfortunate for the families. Good job this week!

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  7. Peyton MApril 26, 2024 at 10:38 PM

    Erica,
    First off I wanted to say great post. I thought you described this very well. It is very interesting to learn that 3 to 4 meters of land gets destroyed by waves every year. It is very interesting and cool to learn more about Vietnam and see the similarities to my countries.

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  8. AnonymousApril 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM

    Hi Erica, thanks for the post enjoyed reading it! Sad how many houses get washed away yearly great post - Hong Kong (Carrie)

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  9. Jessica SuarezApril 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM

    Great Blog! Good detail and explanation.

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