ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) November 2015

This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for Cambodia is prepared based on the outcomes of the Initial Environmental and Social Examination (IESE) developed for the Mekong Integrated Water Resource Management Project Phase 3 (Mekong...

Structural Measures and Flood Proofing in the Lower Mekong Basin Final Report

The Project, Component 2 of the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) Flood Management and Mitigation Programme (FMMP) has two primary goals. First, the Programme aims to reduce the vulnerabilities of people living in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) from the negative impacts of floods....

Hydrological and Flood Hazards in the Lower Mekong Basin

This report presents a comprehensive description of the hydrological and flood hazards in the Lower Mekong Basin. Types of floods The characteristics of flooding in the Lower Mekong Basin vary from short‐lived peaky floods to slowly rising long lasting rounded floods....

Hydrological and Flood Hazards in the Focal Areas

Assessment of flood damage risks involves the estimation and linkage of flood hazards (probability of flooding) and flood vulnerability (extent of damage that can result from flooding). Flood hazard assessment involves analysis of the type of flooding, flood frequencies, duration, extent, inundation depths...

Flood Damages, Benefits, and Flood Risk in Focal Areas

Surveys have been carried out in three districts in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, in four districts in Cambodia, in two districts in Laos and two districts in Thailand. These areas are being referred to as the focal areas. In all focal areas the district officials have been visited and baseline and flood damage information has been...