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Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học: " WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: AN OVERVIEW"

Nước là một nguồn tài nguyên cần thiết trong tất cả các khía cạnh của cuộc sống và được coi là một yếu tố quyết định cho sự sống còn hệ sinh thái của Trái đất. Tuy nhiên, tài nguyên nước cũng đã trở thành một yếu tố hạn chế phát triển xã hội và kinh tế. Đối với các thành phố của thế giới đang phát triển, nước đang ngày càng đóng vai trò quan trọng trong phát triển đô thị bền vững | TẠP CHÍ PHÁT TRIỂN KH CN TẬP 12 SÓ 02 - 2009 WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HO CHI MINH CITY VIETNAM AN OVERVIEW Vo Le Phu University of Technology VNU-HCM Manuscript Received on November 13th 2008 Manuscript Revised February27th 2009 ABSTRACT Water is a resource needed in all aspects of life and is regarded as a decisive factor for Earth s ecosystems survival. However water resource has also become a limiting factor of social and economic development. For cities of the developing world water is increasingly playing a vital role in sustainable urban development. Since economic reform known as Doi Moi renovation in 1986 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam has undergone the rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization. As a result the City has experienced critical environmental challenges in which water use and management have placed constraints on its sustainable development. These striking challenges include water shortage pollution and depletion of surface and groundwater sources. The underlying reasons can be attributed to inadequate management practices. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of rapid urbanization and growing water resource problems. It also examines the management practices and analyze the root causes of water resource issues in the course of sustainable development. Keywords Ho Chi Minh City pollution sustainable development urbanization water resources management. Abbreviations SA WACO - Sai Gon Water Supply Company MARD - Ministry of Agricultural Rural Development MONRE - Ministry of Natural Resources Environment DONRE - Department of Natural Resources Environment. 1.BACKGROUND TO HO CHI MINH CITY Ho Chi Minh City HCMC formerly known as Sai Gon was founded in 1698. After reunification in 1975 Sai Gon was renamed as HCMC. It was originally a small fishing village known as Prey Nokor means forest city or forest land . The area that the city now occupies was originally marsh and swamp land and was inhabited by Khmer people for centuries .