tailieunhanh - Assessment of land subsidence due to groundwater extraction in Ho Chi Minh city

Located in the transition zone between highland and Mekong delta, HCM city has an average elevation of to m. In the Southeast, the city is boundered by the sea with a coastline of 30 km. Thus, HCM city often suffered from inundation especially in the rainy season and tide high period. Land subsidence possibly resulted from groundwater over-extraction had been doubted since some manifestations of ground surface sinking were observed at the well fields in the districts No. 6 and Binh Tan in 2004. | Assessment of land subsidence due to groundwater extraction in Ho Chi Minh city