WG Adaptation - Field Trip Vietnam / Cambodia 2016
The field research on adaptation to urban flooding in Phnom Penh was based and conducted on information received from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (GIZ) GmbH in Cambodia. An interactive map of flood prone areas in Phnom Penh was used by the researchers to locate the vulnerable areas in the city.
During interviews with the inhabitants exposed to floodings, annual water level rises of up to 1,5m in areas adjacent to the river were reported. These peaks usually occur in the month of August, whereas less severe floodings happen throughout the entire rainy season.
In general, the findings regarding flood adaptation are very similar to those observed in Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam: Marginalized, poor population groups live on flood prone areas by the riverside, where adequate high tech flood protection measures are lacking. Low tech protection measures are applied, which include the construction of stilt houses and the covering of gullies to avoid blockages of the drainage system. Sewage systems have also been installed along the roads to improve water runoff. In flood prone areas located further away from the riverside, buildings with elevated entries have been constructed. Similar to the constructions in Ho Chi Minh City, second floors are erected inside the houses to protect valuables and electronics during flooding events. Contrary to the low income areas of the marginalized population groups, the touristic and economic city center of Phnom Penh is protected by dikes along the whole riverside.
Adaptation Strategies
1. Stilt houses with polluted water below
2. Sewage system with covered gullies
3. Elevated buildings
4. Dikes in the economic and touristic city center
5. Flood-prone houses on the riverside
6. Boards between stilt housings
Scan the QR-code for video impressions from a Phnom Penh flooding event in 2015:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPLjHWlIZo
Working Group Adaptation to Climate Change: Lara Goldmann, Peter Hermes, Katharina Ludwig, Imke Rödel (Göttingen University)
Field Trip Leader: Dr. Michael Waibel
General Poster Design: Michael Waibel
WG Adaptation - Field Trip Vietnam / Cambodia 2016
The field research on adaptation to urban flooding in Phnom Penh was based and conducted on information received from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (GIZ) GmbH in Cambodia. An interactive map of flood prone areas in Phnom Penh was used by the researchers to locate the vulnerable areas in the city.
During interviews with the inhabitants exposed to floodings, annual water level rises of up to 1,5m in areas adjacent to the river were reported. These peaks usually occur in the month of August, whereas less severe floodings happen throughout the entire rainy season.
In general, the findings regarding flood adaptation are very similar to those observed in Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam: Marginalized, poor population groups live on flood prone areas by the riverside, where adequate high tech flood protection measures are lacking. Low tech protection measures are applied, which include the construction of stilt houses and the covering of gullies to avoid blockages of the drainage system. Sewage systems have also been installed along the roads to improve water runoff. In flood prone areas located further away from the riverside, buildings with elevated entries have been constructed. Similar to the constructions in Ho Chi Minh City, second floors are erected inside the houses to protect valuables and electronics during flooding events. Contrary to the low income areas of the marginalized population groups, the touristic and economic city center of Phnom Penh is protected by dikes along the whole riverside.
Adaptation Strategies
1. Stilt houses with polluted water below
2. Sewage system with covered gullies
3. Elevated buildings
4. Dikes in the economic and touristic city center
5. Flood-prone houses on the riverside
6. Boards between stilt housings
Scan the QR-code for video impressions from a Phnom Penh flooding event in 2015:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPLjHWlIZo
Working Group Adaptation to Climate Change: Lara Goldmann, Peter Hermes, Katharina Ludwig, Imke Rödel (Göttingen University)
Field Trip Leader: Dr. Michael Waibel
General Poster Design: Michael Waibel