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One major threat to cities at present is the increased inundation hazards owing to changes in climate and accelerated human activity. Future evolution...
Urbanisation produces numerous changes in the natural environments it replaces. The impacts include habitat fragmentation and changes to both the qual...
Sejak beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, UKM telah menjalinkan kerjasama strategik dengan beberapa institusi tersohor di seluruh dunia....
An urban flood is an integrated phenomenon that is affected by various uncertainty sources such as input forcing, model parameters, complex geometry, ...
The main difference between rural and urban area inundation is the existence of an impermeable layer and the complexity of the road and building confi...
In September 2009, Tropical Storm Ketsana (local name: TS Ondoy) hit the Manila metropolitan area (Metro Manila) and brought an anomalous volume of ra...

Disseminating near real-time hazards information and flood maps in the Philippines through Web-GIS

Lagmay, A. M. F. A.Racoma, B. A.Aracan, K. A.Alconis-Ayco, J.Saddi, I. L.
The Philippines being a locus of tropical cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is a hotbed of disasters. These natural hazards infl...

A Link between the Hiatus in Global Warming and North American Drought

Delworth, T. L.Zeng, F.Rosati, A.Vecchi, G. A.Wittenberg, A. T.
Portions of western North America have experienced prolonged drought over the last decade. This drought has occurred at the same time as the global wa...
1. Total investment in DRR activities has been increasing significantly, i.e., from only IDR 2,6 Trillion in 2006 to almost IDR 9 Trillion in 2011. In...
Between 14 November and 4 December 2004, four successive tropical depressions and typhoons lashed the Eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines. Heavy...
In recent years, the practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA) has created significant awareness on the role of environmentally sound projects...

Global trends in tropical cyclone risk

P PeduzziB ChatenouxH DaoA De Bono
The impact of tropical cyclones on humans depends on the number of people exposed and their vulnerability, as well as the frequency and intensity of s...
Among the many challenges faced by MetroManila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines, three appear as the most pressing issues for the every...
The effects of two environmental dynamical factors, namely, the transitional speed and vertical wind shear, on tropical cyclone (TC) intensification, ...

Flood Risk of Metro Manila Barangays: A GIS Based Risk Assessment Using Multi-Criteria Techniques

Pornasdoro, K. P.Silva, L. C.Munárriz, M. L. T.Estepa, B. A.Capaque, C. A.
This study examined the flood prone areas within Metro Manila to find out their degrees of disaster risk. More specifically, the study considered the ...
What are the possible humanistic approaches to urban flood disaster governance? Several largest cities in Southeast Asia, such as Bangkok, Jakarta, an...

Standard Operating Procedure: Operational Wave Numerical Forecast Model JMA MRI-III-MMD (NAVGEM) 2015

Mat Kamaruzaman Mat Adam, Nursalleh K. Chang, Dr. Fariza Yunus and Muhammad Helmi Abdullah
Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD) has fully operationalised the provision of marine forecasts over the Malaysian waters especially over the So...
Design flood estimation is an important task that is required in the planning and design of many civil engineering projects. In this study, the flood ...
Bangladesh is situated at the northern tip of the funneling Bay of Bengal. The long continental shelf, shallow bathymetry, and complex coastal geometr...