Datasets of land use change and flood dynamics in the vietnamese mekong delta

Hoang Thai Duong Vu; Huu Long Vu; Peter Oberle; Schenk Andreas; Phuc Canh Nguyen; Dung Duc Tran

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108268

Datasets of land use change and flood dynamics in the vietnamese mekong delta

Data Brief. 2022 May 15:42:108268. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108268. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Hoang Thai Duong Vu¹, Huu Long Vu¹, Peter Oberle¹, Schenk Andreas¹, Phuc Canh Nguyen², Dung Duc Tran³

Affiliations

¹ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
² School of Public Finance, College of Economics, Law and Government, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
³ Center of Water Management and Climate Change, Institute for Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh city (VNU - HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

Abstract

This paper compiles the data associated with a research article published in STOTEN [1]. The data set represents figures, tables, and images illustrating the temporal and spatial distribution of land use and flood dynamics from 2000 to 2020 in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD). The MODIS imageries were freely accessed online via the NASA website [2] and processed to land use and flood maps based on the algorithms by Sakamoto et al. [3,4]. The MODIS products show a high validation with statistical data and radar satellites [1]. The datasets of flood map and land use, therefore, are available to scientists, engineers, and policy-makers in agricultural management associated with flood management in the VMD. They could be used for policy settings, household livelihood assessment as well as other economic analyses for the VMD region due to the change of land use and flooding dynamics.

Keywords: Data; Flood; Land use; MODIS products; Vietnamese Mekong delta.