Mangroves occur on upper intertidal shorelines in the tropics and subtropics. Complex
hydrodynamic and salinity conditions, related primarily to elevation and hydroperiod …

Concern over the loss of mangrove ecosystems often focuses on their role in protecting
coastal communities from storms that damage property and cause deaths and injury. With …

Exposure to coastal flooding is increasing due to growing population and economic activity.
These developments go hand-in-hand with a loss and deterioration of ecosystems …

As international concern for the survival of deltas grows, the Mekong River delta, the world's
third largest delta, densely populated, considered as Southeast Asia's most important food …

Over the last decades, population densities in coastal areas have strongly increased. At the
same time, many intertidal coastal ecosystems that provide valuable services in terms of …

As the world's third largest delta and one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots,
the Mekong Delta provides both ecological and food security for its inhabitants …

Coastal mangroves, dwelling at the interface between land and sea, provide an important
contribution to reducing risk from coastal hazards by attenuating incident waves and by …

Coastal area constitutes a vulnerable environment and requires special attention to
preserve ecosystems and human activities therein. To this aim, many studies have been …

Vietnamese mangroves are among the most productive and biologically important
ecosystems of the world; providing habitat/nursing grounds for commercial and non …

Nature-based coastal protection is increasingly recognised as a potentially sustainable and
cost-effective solution to reduce coastal flood risk. It uses coastal ecosystems such as …