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After receiving her Doctoral Degree of Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, she continued her work as a lecturer at the Environment Faculty of Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam. Her research interests are applied math and computer programming in environmental and natural resources valuation and management. She has published more than ten articles and book chapters in both domestic and international peer-reviewed journals.
The development of a coherent and coordinated policy for the management of large socio-agricultural systems, such as the Mekong delta in southern Vietnam, is reliant on aligning the development, delivery, and implementation of policy on national to local scales. Effective decision making is linked to a coherent, broadly-shared vision of the strategic management of socio-agricultural systems. However, when policies are ambiguous, and at worst contradictory, long-term management and planning can consequently suffer. These potential adverse impacts may be compounded if stakeholders have divergent visions of the current and future states of socio-agricultural systems. Herein we used a transferable, scenario-based methodology which uses a standard quadrant matrix in order to explore both anticipated and idealized future states. Our case study was the Mekong delta. The scenario matrix was based upon two key strategic choices (axis) for the delta, derived from analysis of policy documents, literature, stakeholder engagement, and land use models. These are: (i) who will run agriculture in the future, agri-business or the established commune system; and (ii) to what degree sustainability will be incorporated into production. During a workshop meeting, stakeholders identified that agri-business will dominate future agricultural production in the delta but showed a clear concern that sustainability might consequently be undermined despite policy claims of the contrary. As such, our study highlights an important gap between national expectations and regional perspectives. Our results suggest that the new development plans for the Mekong delta (which comprise a new Master Plan and a new 5-year socio-economic development plan), which emphasize agro-business development, should adopt approaches that address concerns of sustainability as well as a more streamlined policy formulation and implementation that accounts for stakeholder concerns at both provincial and national levels.
Craig Hutton; Oliver Hensengerth; Tristan Berchoux; Van Tri; Thi Tong; Nghia Hung; Hal Voepel; Stephen Darby; Duong Bui; Thi Bui; Nguyen Huy; Daniel Parsons. Stakeholder Expectations of Future Policy Implementation Compared to Formal Policy Trajectories: Scenarios for Agricultural Food Systems in the Mekong Delta. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5534 .
AMA StyleCraig Hutton, Oliver Hensengerth, Tristan Berchoux, Van Tri, Thi Tong, Nghia Hung, Hal Voepel, Stephen Darby, Duong Bui, Thi Bui, Nguyen Huy, Daniel Parsons. Stakeholder Expectations of Future Policy Implementation Compared to Formal Policy Trajectories: Scenarios for Agricultural Food Systems in the Mekong Delta. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (10):5534.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCraig Hutton; Oliver Hensengerth; Tristan Berchoux; Van Tri; Thi Tong; Nghia Hung; Hal Voepel; Stephen Darby; Duong Bui; Thi Bui; Nguyen Huy; Daniel Parsons. 2021. "Stakeholder Expectations of Future Policy Implementation Compared to Formal Policy Trajectories: Scenarios for Agricultural Food Systems in the Mekong Delta." Sustainability 13, no. 10: 5534.
There is mounting concern about how to support decision-makers in driving sustainable water resources management; science needs to support the decision-making process to promote evidence-based decisions. To this end, sustainability assessment is considered a useful technique, which provides enough information to assist management. This study proposed a groundwater sustainability assessment framework, which is developed from a regular sustainability assessment approach and analytical hierarchy process (AHP). In the proposed framework, the three main pillars (environmental, social, and economic) of the concept of sustainability were considered the three important sustainability criteria. Hence, we demonstrated the proposed framework for a Hanoi case study with focus on the environmental sustainability criterion. The concept of AHP was used to create the main sustainability components (the three criteria, associated with their aspects and indicators) of a hierarchy, which appropriately cover environmental sustainability issues of groundwater resources in the target area. Based on the available reliable data of the current problems in Hanoi, we proposed three main sustainability aspects (quantity, quality, and management) and, accordingly, selected their twelve environmental sustainability indicators. To determine a reasonable sustainability assessment, we considered a conventional linear and non-linear relationship between the indicators and the corresponding sustainability indices. As for the results from the Hanoi case study, the environmental sustainability indices obtained from using a combined linear and non-linear relationship case appropriately reflect the current situation, that is, the environmental sustainability assessment is close to reality. The sustainability indices of the quantity, quality, and management aspects of groundwater were appropriately assessed at acceptable levels, resulting in Hanoi being rated at the acceptable level in the final environmental sustainability index. The variability of the environmental sustainability indices indicated that the current groundwater abstraction networks are heavily concentrated in a few specific areas in Hanoi, which is not optimal for utilizing the rich natural recharge resources of the area. Improvement of the current poor groundwater quality and strict enforcement of environmental regulations are essential to enhancing the environmental sustainability and, more importantly, to drive Hanoi towards sustainable groundwater resources.
Nuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Duong Du Bui; Hideo Amaguchi; Dan Duc Bui; Ngoc Tu Truong; Ha Hong Thi Do; Chung Thuy Nguyen. Groundwater sustainability assessment framework: A demonstration of environmental sustainability index for Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Environmental Management 2019, 241, 479 -487.
AMA StyleNuong Thi Bui, Akira Kawamura, Duong Du Bui, Hideo Amaguchi, Dan Duc Bui, Ngoc Tu Truong, Ha Hong Thi Do, Chung Thuy Nguyen. Groundwater sustainability assessment framework: A demonstration of environmental sustainability index for Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019; 241 ():479-487.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Duong Du Bui; Hideo Amaguchi; Dan Duc Bui; Ngoc Tu Truong; Ha Hong Thi Do; Chung Thuy Nguyen. 2019. "Groundwater sustainability assessment framework: A demonstration of environmental sustainability index for Hanoi, Vietnam." Journal of Environmental Management 241, no. : 479-487.
Nuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Hideo Amaguchi; Duong Bui Du; Ngoc Tu Truong; Hoang Nam Nguyen. Economic Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources: Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B 2017, 6, 1 .
AMA StyleNuong Thi Bui, Akira Kawamura, Hideo Amaguchi, Duong Bui Du, Ngoc Tu Truong, Hoang Nam Nguyen. Economic Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources: Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B. 2017; 6 (12):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Hideo Amaguchi; Duong Bui Du; Ngoc Tu Truong; Hoang Nam Nguyen. 2017. "Economic Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources: Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam." Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B 6, no. 12: 1.
In Hanoi, Vietnam, the people heavily depend on groundwater resources for both domestic and industrial uses due to the seriously polluted problems occurred in most of the river streams system. Considering the social dimension in the context of sustainable development is a key issue in groundwater resources management. The main object of this study is to assess the social sustainability of groundwater resources in Hanoi by applying a simple Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. By applying the simple AHP, the most important task is to comprehensively study the current social situation and actual problems to define the appropriate foremost components contributing to the sustainability goal. In this study, we successfully not only select the appropriate list of three main social sustainability aspects including the quantity, quality and management aspects and the twelve core social sustainability indicators but also appropriately assessing the sustainability of the groundwater resources from the social point of view. By gathering the data from trusted sources, the groundwater quantity, quality, and management aspects are socially assessed at a good level of 0.65, a good level of 0.61 and a slightly acceptable level of 0.46, respectively. The composite social sustainability index, S, is assessed at a strongly acceptable level of 0.57, indicating that Hanoi’s groundwater resource is socially acceptable. The results of SSA are not only sensitive to data availability but also the definition of the indicators. The linear relationships do not reflect the actual situation well and the non-linear ones could be used to replace these sustainability scales of the actual values. The social sustainability indices are evaluated at the moderately high values, improbably reflecting the current problems in the target area. The study then points out the main research gaps and suggests the ways to improving social sustainability assessment for the better groundwater resource development.
Nuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Hideo Amaguchi; Duong Du Bui; Ngoc Tu Truong. Social Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Hanoi, Vietnam by a Simple AHP Approach. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures 2017, 79 -97.
AMA StyleNuong Thi Bui, Akira Kawamura, Hideo Amaguchi, Duong Du Bui, Ngoc Tu Truong. Social Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Hanoi, Vietnam by a Simple AHP Approach. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. 2017; ():79-97.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Hideo Amaguchi; Duong Du Bui; Ngoc Tu Truong. 2017. "Social Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Hanoi, Vietnam by a Simple AHP Approach." Sustainable Civil Infrastructures , no. : 79-97.
Nuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Hideo Amaguchi; Duong Du Bui; Ngoc Tu Truong; Kei Nakagawa. Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Hanoi, Vietnam from a Social Perspective. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research) 2017, 73, I_17 -I_24.
AMA StyleNuong Thi Bui, Akira Kawamura, Hideo Amaguchi, Duong Du Bui, Ngoc Tu Truong, Kei Nakagawa. Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Hanoi, Vietnam from a Social Perspective. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research). 2017; 73 (5):I_17-I_24.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNuong Thi Bui; Akira Kawamura; Hideo Amaguchi; Duong Du Bui; Ngoc Tu Truong; Kei Nakagawa. 2017. "Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Hanoi, Vietnam from a Social Perspective." Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research) 73, no. 5: I_17-I_24.