Publications List
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The ASSESSMENT of the STATUS of HUMAN-INDUCED SOIL DEGRADATION in SOUTH and SOUTHEAST ASIA
van Lynden, G.W.J.Oldeman, L.R.,
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This book is a completely rewritten, updated and expanded new edition of the original Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones published in 1995. It p...
The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what ...
Development of Flood Risk Assessment Method for Data-poor River Basins: A Case Study in the Pampanga River Basin, Philippines
Shrestha, B. B.Okazumi, T.Miyamoto, M.Sawano, H.
Development of Flood Risk Assessment Method for Data-poor River Basins: A Case Study in the Pampanga River Basin, Philippines...
Fundamental Analysis for Flood Risk Management in the Selected River Basins of Southeast Asia
Shrestha, B. B.Okazumi, T.Miyamoto, M.Nabesaka, S.Tanaka, S.Sugiura, A.
Floodfeatureswere analyzedandriskknowledge was examined in studies in selected river basins of Southeast Asia. Rainfall runoff features were analyzed ...
In probabilistic terms, Bangladesh is prone, to at least one major 'tropical cyclone' every year. This situation is primarily due to the geographical ...
Uncertainty estimation during the process of flood risk assessment in developing countries–case study in the Pampanga river basin
Okazumi, T.Miyamoto, M.Shrestha, B. B.Gusyev, M.
Flood risk assessment should be one of the basic methods for disaster damage mitigation to identify and estimate potential damage before disasters and...
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Spiral band model optimization by chaos immune evolutionary algorithm for locating tropical cyclones
Wei, K.Jing, Z.-L.
A foundation of forecasting Tropical Cyclones (TCs) is to locate their centers. There are still many difficulties in TC center locating, especially wh...
Integrated evaluation of the Mekong River flood using benefit calculation
KAZAMA, S.MORISUGI, H.SAWAMOTO, M.
Flood benefit was calculated for integrated evaluation of the Mekong River flood and inundation in Cambodia. Flood and inundation were simulated using...
Long-term changes in rainfall and tropical cyclone activity over South and Southeast Asia
HG Takahashi
Long-term changes in rainfall and associated tropical cyclone (TC) activity in transition seasons between the wet and dry seasons in South and Southea...
TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA): U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO PHILIPPINES DISASTER
T Lum, R Margesson
This report examines the impact of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the central Philippines on November 8, 2013, and the U.S. and international ...
Communicating on Twitter during a disaster: An analysis of tweets during Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
B TakahashiEC TandocC Carmichael
Social media in crisis situations, such as natural disasters, have been recognized by scholars and practitioners as key communication channels that ca...
Tropical cyclones damage on coastal defences: future influence of climate change and sea level rise on shallow coastal areas in Southern Vietnam
M EstebanH TakagiND Thao
Greater concentrations of greenhouse gases could bring about an increase in the pace of sea level rise and typhoon intensity in the future. The number...
A comprehensive drought monitoring method integrating MODIS and TRMM data
Du, L.Tian, Q.Yu, T.Meng, Q.Jancso, T.Udvardy, P.Huang, Y.
Drought is a complex hazard caused by the breaking of water balance and it has always an impact on agricultural, ecological and socio-economic spheres...
Capacity development to support national drought management policies
UN-Water Activity Information System
has been estimated that droughts are the world’s costliest natural disasters and affect more people than any other form of natural disaster (Wilhite...
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