Urban development adapting to water rise based on ecological resilience theory: A case study of Can Tho City

Abstract

In the context of climate change, the negative impacts of water rise are an obstacle to urban development in the waterfront's cities. This study explores indigenous landscape features including river network structure and infrastructure, complexed balance of soil and water, and agricultural landscape. These factors play an important role to create a new, sustainable and resilient ecological infrastructure to enhance the resilience to urban flooding. This study also emphasizes the role of indigenous landscapes in flood management, helping cities to increase flood resilience, concurrently helping flood management reduces dependence on existing flood control infrastructure which is assessed to degrade riverine ecosystems.