ValBGI seeks to develop a multidisciplinary, stakeholder-informed assessment framework for the effectiveness of Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) to reduce flood risk and improve urban natural capital. Thereby, the project examines the role of BGI in short- and long-term urban development, with application to the city of Can Tho, Viet Nam.
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Project name (in Vietnamese) |
Đánh giá lợi ích của hạ tầng xanh đối với khả năng phòng chống lũ lụt, vốn thiên nhiên và phát triển đô thị ở Việt Nam |
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Project name (in English) |
Valuing the benefits of Blue/Green Infrastructure for flood resilience, natural capital and urban development in Viet Nam |
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Time of implementation |
2019-2021) |
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Lead in Vietnam: Assoc.Pro. Dr. Trần Hữu Tuấn |
Host institution in Vietnam: Hue University Can Tho University |
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Lead in UK: Dr. Tobias Borger |
Host institution in UK: St Andrews University Heriot Watt University loughborough university University of Stirling ISET International
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- Project Objectives
The project aim will be achieved through the following objectives:
- Assess (and when necessary stimulate) the awareness of alternative natural processes-based BGI options among local and regional urban planners and other key stakeholders responsible for, and impacted by, urban development [WP1];
- Build on the existing flood level projections and develop a new high-resolution modelling system to assess the effectiveness of selected BGI measures in reducing flood risk in comparison to traditional engineering solutions [WP2];
- Assess implementation and maintenance costs of traditional and BGI flood risk reduction measures [WP4];
- Identify and quantify additional BGI benefits using a natural capital approach [WP3];
- Value the flood risk reduction and natural capital impacts of BGI in monetary terms and conduct environmental cost-benefit analyses of different BGI scenarios [WP4];
- Disseminate findings widely using appropriate mechanisms and develop implementation plans with local stakeholders [WP1].
Main activities
ValBGI seeks to develop a multidisciplinary, stakeholder-informed assessment framework for the effectiveness of Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) to reduce flood risk and improve urban natural capital. Thereby, the project examines the role of BGI in short- and long-term urban development, with application to the city of Can Tho, Viet Nam.
This holistic framework integrates a number of disciplines and does not only follow an interlinked and multidisciplinary research agenda but also advances the academic state-of-the-art in the individual disciplines involved.
The NERC funded project includes the engagement of key stakeholders in the research process to co-develop solutions and disseminate evidence to key decision-makers; innovative high-resolution modelling of flooding and BGI at the city-scale; and spatially explicit assessment and valuation of changes in the provision of ecosystem services enabling the quantification of the investment into urban natural capital effectuated by BGI.