Publications List
Revised estimates of kinetic energy production by tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and western North Pacific are presented. These show considerable v...
From killer storms to their implications for the insurance premiums of U.S. residents, this much-awaited update explores the ecological, social, and e...
Institutional arrangements for flood hazards in Malaysia: An evaluation using the criteria approach
Chan, N. W.
Institutional aspects of flood hazards significantly affect their outcomes in Malaysia. Institutional arrangements to deal with floods include: legisl...
Monitoring of human enteric viruses and coliform bacteria in waters after urban flood in Jakarta, Indonesia
Phanuwan, C.Takizawa, S.Oguma, K.Katayama, H.Yunika, A.Ohgaki, S.
Floodwaters in Kampung Melayu village, Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as river water and consumable water (including groundwater and tap water) samples i...
Every year floods occur in Jakarta. Widespread flooding occurred in 1996, 2002 and 2007, inundating up to 40% of the city. Increasing population press...
A comparison of adaptive observing guidance for Atlantic tropical cyclones
Majumdar, S. J.Aberson, S. D.Bishop, C. H.Buizza, R.Peng, M. S.Reynolds, C. A.
Airborne adaptive observations have been collected for more than two decades in the neighborhood of tropical cyclones, to attempt to improve short-ran...
Community responses and adaptation strategies toward ?ood hazard in Jakarta, Indonesia
Marfai, M. A.Sekaranom, A. B.Ward, P.
Jakarta, as the capital of the Republic of Indonesia, has long been known to be at risk from ?ood hazard. It is increasingly recognized that community...
Risk insurance has been advocated as a practice that has high potential to provide climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction benefits. How...
A case-based fuzzy multicriteria decision support model for tropical cyclone forecasting
Pedro, S. J.Burstein, F.Sharp, A.
This paper proposes a multi-stage framework for intelligent decision support. The proposed framework integrates case-based reasoning and fuzzy multicr...
Web 2.0 and internet social networking: A new tool for disaster management?-lessons from taiwan
Huang, Cheng-MinEdward ChanAdnan A. Hyder
Background
Internet social networking tools and the emerging web 2.0 technologies are providing a new way for web users and health workers in informa...
A fuzzy intelligent decision support system for typhoon disaster management
Wang-Kun ChenGuangJun SuiDangLing Tang
This paper presents the conceptual framework of fuzzy intelligent decision support system for typhoon disaster management. The typhoon risk management...
GIS and local knowledge in disaster management: a case study of flood risk mapping in Viet Nam
Phong TranRajib ShwaGuillaume ChantryJohn Norton
Linking community knowledge with modern techniques to record and analyse risk related data is one way of engaging and mobilising community capacity. T...
Typhoon-induced disaster is one of the most important factors influencing the economic development and more than 250 million in China. In view of the ...
Development of Typhoon Disaster Evaluation System based on GIS
Zhang Bin, Chen Haiyan and Gu Junqiang
Typhoon is a kind of natural disasters which occurs frequently in inshore provinces of China in summer and autumn.The typhoon data-base from 1949 up t...
Flood detection and mapping of the Thailand Central plain using RADARSAT and MODIS under a sensor web environment
Auynirundronkool, K.Chen, N.Peng, C.Yang, C.Gong, J.Silapathong, C.
Flooding in general is insignificant event worldwide and also in Thailand. The Central plain, the Northern plain and the northeast of Thailand are fre...
Estimation of flood volume in Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand, from MODIS images couppled with flood inundation level
Kwak, Y.Park, J.Yorozuya, A.Fukami, K.
River inundation satellite images are restricted to make real-time flood inundation maps in many cases. However, such images have significant potentia...
Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest tropical cyclone to have ever hit land and provides an opportunity to analyse the application of emergency management...
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