Publications

FloodAdaptVN Project Publications

• Bachofer, F. et al. (2025) Strengthening Flood Resilience in Huế – Insights from FloodAdaptVN.
  A Summary for Policymakers. Wessling, Germany: German Aerospace Center. https://doi.org/10.15489/hj8z2za81381
• Sett, D., et al. (2025) Flood risks in Hue, Central Viet Nam: An assessment of flood hazard, exposures, vulnerabilities, root causes and impacts. Bonn, Germany: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Society. https://doi.org/10.53324/QZLT4709
• Ortiz Vargas, A. et al (to be published soon) Opportunities for improved flood risk management and adaptation in Hue, Central Viet Nam. Bonn, Germany: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Society.

FloodAdaptVN Journal Publications

2025

• Vu, T.B., Obaitor, O.S., Katzschner, A., Grobusch, L.C., Sett, D., Ortiz-Vargas, A., Hagenlocher, M., Schinkel, U., Bachofer, F., Nguyen, L.K.H., & Garschagen, M. (submitted) A Novel Approach to De-veloping Local Flood Vulnerability Scenarios based on the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Framework: Sectoral Risks and Policy Implications.
• Obaitor O S, Vu T.B., Grobusch L. C., Bachofer F., Garschagen M. (submitted) Sustainable Cities: Simulating Future Urban Growth Under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Ecosystem Adaptation in Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam.
• Obaitor, O.S., Odunsi, O.M., Vu, T.B., Grobusch, L.C., Schultz, M., Hochschild, V., Nguyen, H.K.L. & Garschagen M. (2025) Spatial Dynamics and Drivers of Urban Growth in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam: In-sights for Urban Sustainability in the Global South. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2025; 14(2):44. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14020044
• Nguyen, H., Behre, E., Nguyen, H.K.L., Pham, G.T., Vu, B.T., Egerer, M., & Bachofer, F. (2025) Forest dynamics mapping in central Vietnam from 1988 to 2022 using Landsat time-series data. Environmental Research Letters, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ade0d2
• Vu, B.T., Obaitor, O.S., Grobusch, L.C., Sett, D., Hagenlocher, M., Schinkel, U., Nguyen, H.L.K., Bachofer, F., Ngo, S.T., & Garschagen, M. (2025) Enablers and barriers to implementing effective disaster risk management according to good governance principles: Lessons from Central Vietnam. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105344

2024

• Sett, D., Trinh T.P., Wasim, T., Ortiz-Vargas, A., Nguyen, D.G.C., Büche, K., Assmann, A., Nguyen, L. H. K., Walz, Y., Souvignet, M., Bachofer, F., Vu, B.T., Garschagen, M. & Hagenlocher, M. (2024) Advancing understanding of the complex nature of flood risks to inform comprehensive risk management: Findings from an urban region in Central Vietnam. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104652
• Zwirglmaier, V., Reimuth, A., & Garschagen, M. (2024). How suitable are current approaches to simulate flood risk under future urbanization trends?. Environmental Research Letters Vol. 19, No. 7, 073003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad536f
• Wannewitz, M., Ajibade, I., Mach, K.J., Magnan, A., Petzold, J., Reckien, D., Ulibarri, N., Agopian, A., Chalastani, V.I., Hawxwell, T., Huynh, L.T.M, Kirchhoff, C.J., Miller, R., Musah-Surug, J.I., Nagle Alverio, G., Nielsen, M., Nunbogu, A.M., Pentz, B., Reimuth, A., Scarpa, G., Seeteram, N., Canosa, I.V., Zhou, J., The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team & M. Garschagen, (2024) Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe. Nat Cities 1, 610–619. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00106-9

2023

• Wang, Z., Marconcini, M., Nguyen, L. K. H., Pham, T. G., & Bachofer, F. (2023) Settlement Growth Prediction exploiting EO-based Time Series with the Spatio-Temporal Matrix Approach: a Case Study for the City of Hue, Vietnam 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), Heraklion, Greece: IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.1109/jurse57346.2023.10144086
• Reimuth, A., Hagenlocher, M., Yang, L. E., Katzschner, A., Harb, M., & Garschagen, M. (2023) Urban growth modeling for the assessment of future climate and disaster risks: approaches. gaps and needs. Environmental Research Letters, 19(1), 013002. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1082

2022

• Lappe, R., Ullmann, T. & Bachofer, F. (2022) State of the Vietnamese Coast—Assessing Three Decades (1986 to 2021) of Coastline Dynamics Using the Landsat Archive. Remote Sensing, 14 (10). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14102476.

2021

• Nguyen, M.T., Sebesvari, Z., Souvignet, M., Bachofer, F., Braun, A., Garschagen, M., Schinkel, U., Yang, L.E., Nguyen, L.H.K., Hochschild, V., Assmann, A. & Hagenlocher, M. (2021) Understanding and assessing flood risk in Vietnam: Current status, persisting gaps, and future directions. Journal of Flood Risk Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12689
• Nguyen, Đ. G. C., Lê, Đ. B. C., & Huỳnh, T. P. L. (2021) Impact of flood on water quality: a case study in a flood-prone area of Thua Thien Hue province. Hue University Journal of Science: Earth Science and Eenvironmant, 130. https://doi.org/10.26459/hueunijese.v130i4A.6497

2020

• Braun, A., Hochschild, V., Pham, T. G., Nguyen, L. H. K., & Bachofer , F. (2020) Linking land subsidence to soil types within Hue city in Central Vietnam. Journal of Vietnamese Environment, 12(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.13141/jve.vol12.no1.pp1-6

Conference Talks and Posters

2025

• Bachofer, F., Schmidt, E., Huth, J., Pham, T.G., Braun, A., Assmann, A., Bueche, K., Ottinger, M. & Nguyen H.K.L. (2025) Multi-Sensor SAR-based Flood Mapping for High-Temporal Assessment of the 2020 Flood Event in Huế, Vietnam, Living Planet Symposium, ESA, 23.06.-27.06.2025, Vienna, Austria.
• Ortiz Vargas, A., Schinkel, U., Sett, D., Bachofer, F., Walz, Y., & Sebesvari, Z. (2025) Bridging ecosystem services and disaster risk management: Entry points for integrating ecosystem information into policy frameworks, the study case of Thua Thien-Hue province in central Vietnam, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-19937, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-19937, 2025.
• Bachofer, F., Sogno, P., Schmid, E., Büche, K., Assmann, A., & Nguyen, H.K.L. (2025) Multi-Sensor SAR-Based Flood Mapping for High-Temporal Monitoring of the 2020 Flood Event in Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3176, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3176, 2025.

2024

• Vu T.B., Obaitor O.S., Katzschner A., Grobusch L.C., Schinkel U., Sett D., Ortiz-Vargas A., Hagenlocher M., Bachofer F., and Garschagen M. (2024) Bridging the Gap: Vulnerability Scenarios and Everyday Adaptation Strategies for Flood Management in Hue city, Central Vietnam. Oral Presentation at National Sustainability Society (2024), Seattle, USA.
• Obaitor O. S, Vu T.B, Grobusch L.C., Ortiz-Vargas A., Behre E., Bachofer F, Garschagen M. Modelling Future Urban Growth Scenarios in the Context of SSPs and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Address Flood risk in Huế Vietnam. Oral presentation at WWCS, Berlin June 9-12, 2024
• Bachofer, F., Lappe, R., Nguyen, H.K.L., Nguyen, D.G.C., Sogno, P. & Ullmann, T. (2024) Coastal Dynamics of Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam: Insights from 35 Years of Earth Observation Data. Oral presentation at EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4725).
• Sett, D., Grobusch, L.C., Schinkel, U., Le Dang, B.C., Nguyen, D.G.C., Nguyen, H.K.L., Garschagen, M. & Hagenlocher, M. (2024) How are households contributing to flood risk management? Empirical evidence from a highly flood-prone urban region in Central Vietnam. Poster presentation at EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria 14–19 Apr 2024, (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-2108).
• Vu, T.B., Obaitor, O.S., Grobusch, L.C. Schinkel, U., Sett, D., Hagenlocher, M. & Garschagen, M. (2024) Assessing disaster risk governance effectiveness: a document-based analysis using the READ approach in Thua Thien Hue province, Central Vietnam. Oral presentation at EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-18567).
• Gocht, C. (2024) Institutional approaches to flood risk management in Vietnam and Germany - a comparison, Poster presentation at EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12224).
• Bachofer, F., Lappe, R., Nguyen, H.K.L., Nguyen, D.G.C., Sogno, P., Ullmann, T. (2024 accepted) Coastal Dynamics of Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam: Insights from 35 Years of Earth Observation Data. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria.
• Wannewitz, M., Garschagen, M., & Petzold, J. (2024) Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe. Poster presentation at EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9458).

2023

• Bachofer, F., Nguyen, H.K.L. (2023) The coastline of Vietnam - annual dynamics derived from 35 years of Earth Observation data. International Workshop on Mekong River System and Multi-Dimensional Change under Human and Climate Pressures, 13.-17. Nov. 2023, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Sett, D., Nguyen, Đ. G. C., Bubeck, P., Thieken, A. & Hagenlocher, M. (2023) What drives adaptation to flood risks? Findings from a household survey in Central Vietnam on behavioral factors and their drivers. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, 19-23. September 2023, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
• Hagenlocher, M. & Sett, D. (2023) From risk to resilience: lessons from flood-prone urban regions in Central Viet Nam and the 2021 floods in Western Europe. Flood Management for Risk Informed Urban Development Insights Session (GIZ GIDRM & CC), 12. July 2023, online
• Wang, Z., Marconcini, M., Nguyen, L. K. H., Pham, T. G., & Bachofer, F. (2023) Settlement Growth Prediction exploiting EO-based Time Series with the Spatio-Temporal Matrix Approach: a Case Study for the City of Hue, Vietnam 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), Heraklion, Greece: IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.1109/jurse57346.2023.10144086
• Sett, D., Hagenlocher, M., Phuong, T., Ortiz-Vargas, A., Waldschmidt, F., Behre, E., Bachofer, F., Linh, N. H. K., & Chau, N. D. G. (2023) An integrated approach for risks and impacts assessment to inform flood risks adaptation in urban regions. International Conference on Climate Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience Building (UNESCO), 19.-21. April 2023, Paris, France.

2022

• Katzschner, A., Reimuth, A., Magnaye, D. & Garschagen, M. (2022) Challenges and advantages of scenario downscaling. Scenarios Forum 2022, 20.-22. June 2022, Laxenburg, Austria.
• Huth, J., Nguyen N.H., Nguyen, L.D., Apel, H., Paeth, H., Grimmeisen, F., Quang, D.L., Sterzel, T., Reichel, B., Ngyuen, H.K.L., Ngyuen, D.G.C., Garschagen, M., Hochschild, V., Hagenlocher, M., Sebesvari, Z., Schinkel, U., Assmann, A., Souvignet, A. & Bachofer, F. (2022) Observation of climate extremes from space – results from the Drought-Adapt and FloodAdaptVN research projects in Viet Nam. Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC), 01.-03.12.2022, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Bachofer, F., Lappe, R., Nguyen, H.K.L., Nguyen, D.G.C., & Ullmann, T. (2022) Annual dynamics of Viet Nam’s coastline derived from 35 years of Earth observation data. 5th World Planning Schools Congress, 16th Asian Planning Schools Association Congress, 29. Aug. - 2. Sep. 2022, Bali, Indonesia.
• Behre E., Waldschmidt. F. & Souvignet, F. (2022) Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) – Quantifying Adaptation for Flood Risk. Poster presentation at the Flood Knowledge Summit 2022: From Risk to Resilience, 07.-08. July 2022, Maastricht, the Netherlands
• Ortiz Vargas, A., (2022) How ecosystem-based adaptation measures reduce flood risk in urban contexts around the world? Poster presentation at the Flood Knowledge Summit 2022: From Risk to Resilience, 07.-08. July 2022, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Bachofer, F., Hochschild, V. Hagenlocher, M.,Sebesvari, Z. Garschagen, M. Schinkel, U., Assmann, A., Souvignet, M., Nguyen, H.K.L., Nguyen, D.G.C., Ortiz-Vargas, A., Waldschmidt, F. & Behre, E. (2022) Integrating Ecosystem-based Approaches into Flood Risk Management for Adaptive and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Viet Nam. Flood Knowledge Summit 2022 – From Risks to Resilience, 07.-08. July 2022, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Schultz, M. (2022) FloodAdaptVN: ein Beitrag zur Schadens- und Risikoabschätzung von Hochwasserereignissen. GeoINTalk, Deutscher Dachverband für Geoinformation e.V., 01. June 2022 / online.
• Bachofer, F., Lappe, R., Nguyen, H.K.L., Nguyen, D.G.C. & Ullmann, T. (2022) The coastline of Vietnam - annual dynamics derived from 35 years of Earth Observation data. Living Planet Symposium 2022, 23.-27. May 2022, Bonn, Germany.

2021

• Bachofer, F., Esch, T., Balhar, J., Boettcher, M., Boissier, E., Marconcini, M., . . . Zeidler, J. (2021): UrbanTEP – EO Data Processing, Integrative Data Analysis and Monitoring for SDG Reporting. EARSeL Joint Workshop 2021 - EO for sustainable cities and communities, 30.03-01.04 2021, Liege, Belgium / online.
• Nguyen, M.T., Sebesvari, Z., Souvignet, M., Bachofer, F., Braun, A., Garschagen, M., Schinkel, U., Yang, L.E., Nguyen, L.H.K., Hochschild, V., Assmann, A., & Hagenlocher, M. (2021): Understanding, assessing and managing flood risk in Vietnam: a review of the literature. Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC), 01.-04.03.2021, Hanoi, Vietnam / online.
• Braun, A., Bachofer, F. (2021): Soil Types and Construction Activity as Drivers of Surface Subsidence in Coastal Urban Areas. ESA FRINGE 2021, 11th International Workshop on “Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry and Sentinel-1 InSAR”, 31.05.-04.06.2021; Frascati, Italy / online.
• Braun, A., Bachofer, F. (2021): Contribution of VHR Coherence, Complex Intensity, and Sigma0 to the Identification of Urban Structures in Hue, Central Vietnam. ESA FRINGE 2021, 11th International Workshop on “Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry and Sentinel-1 InSAR”, 31.05.-04.06.2021; Frascati, Italy / online.

2020

• Bachofer, Felix (2020) FloodAdaptVN. Vietnam Network Meeting of BMBF funded projects, 05.03.2020, Bonn, Germany.

2019

• Bachofer, Felix (2019) FloodAdaptVN - Integration von ökosystembasierten Ansätzen in das Hochwasserrisikomanagement zur angepassten und nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung in Zentralvietnam. Poster presentation at the Zukunftsstadt conference 2019, 02.-03.12.2019, Muenster, Germany.
• Le, Phan Ti Cam & Bachofer, Felix (2019) FloodAdaptVN. German Science Day 2019, 30.10.2019, Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Other Publications

• Interview in Topos (2025) Felix Bachofer - Technological Inovation, Capacity Building, and the Involvement of Local Stakeholders. Topos, 130, 48-51.
• Büche, K., Assmann, A. & Tùng, P. G. (under review) A look beneath the surface – Measurement Campaign for the Bathymetric Evaluation of Huong River and Bo River. Activity Report, SURE Solutions, 2nd Volume, 2025.
• Schultz, M., & Hien, N. (2024) Thematic Legend Harmonization for Central Vietnam. SURE Solutions, 1st Volume, 2024. https://www.sustainable-urban-regions.org/solution/suresolutions1/