If you are vulnerable and you know it raise your hand: Experiences from working in post-tsunami Thailand
Scientific validity has historically been measured against notions of objectivity. However, try as we might, we cannot divorce ourselves from our own personal interests and percept...
Modification of Published Prediction Model of Ground Motion due to Sumatra Subduction Earthquakes for the Application in Peninsular Malaysia
Establishment of ground motion prediction model that is able to accurately predict ground motion for Peninsular Malaysia is always a challenge to local researchers due to the pauci...
Which surveillance systems were operational after Typhoon Haiyan?
Effective disease surveillance is vital for a successful disaster response. This study assessed the functionality of the three disease surveillance systems used post-Haiyan: Philip...
Resolution vs. image quality in pre-tsunami imagery used for tsunami impact models in Aceh, Indonesia
Land cover roughness coefficients (LCRs) have been used in multivariate spatial models to test the mitigation potential of coastal vegetation to reduce impacts of the 2004 tsunami ...
Estimation of Tsunami Force for Onshore Buildings in the Northwest Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
The northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia had suffered various extents of structural damage and loss of 68 lives in the unprecedented 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Since then, the go...
Field level damage of deepwater rice by the 2011 Southeast Asian Flood in a flood plain of Tonle Sap Lake, Northwest Cambodia
The 2011 ?ood damaged about 11 % of planting area in Cambodia, but the damaged proportion reached 30 % in Sangke district, Battambang province, located in the ?ood plains of Tonle ...
Digital inequality and second-order disasters: Social media in the typhoon Haiyan recovery
This article investigates the intersection of digital and social inequality in the context of disaster recovery. In doing so, the article responds to the optimism present in recent...
Drought stress impacts on climate change on rainfed rice in South Asia
Rice production is threatened by climate change and the productivity of rainfed rice is increasingly challenged. A better understanding of the future trends of rice production asso...
Statistics of tropical cyclone landfalls in the Philippines: unusual characteristics of 2013 Typhoon Haiyan
The unusual statistical characteristics of Typhoon Haiyan were investigated using the JTWC best track data from 1945 to 2013, particularly focusing on tropical cyclones making land...
Monitoring Landslide Displacements with the Geocube Wireless Network of Low-Cost GPS
The analysis of landslide hazard requires continuous and high frequency surface displacement monitoring at numerous and geomorphologically relevant locations. Ground-based geodetic...
Shallow landslide susceptibility mapping using high-resolution topography for areas devastated by super typhoon Haiyan
Super typhoon Haiyan, considered as one of the most powerful storms recorded in 2013, devastated the central Philippines region on 8 November 2013 with damage amounting to more tha...
Randomized controlled trial of group cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents exposed to tsunami in Thailand
Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and debilitating consequence of natural disaster in children and adolescents. Accumulating data show that cognitive be...
Lessons learned from two unprecedented disasters in 2011 – Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and Chao Phraya River flood in Thailand
This paper focuses on two mega natural disasters that occurred in Asia: the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) in March of 2011 and the Chao Phraya Floods from August to December o...
Shallow landslide susceptibility mapping using high-resolution topography for areas devastated by super typhoon Haiyan
Super typhoon Haiyan, considered as one of the most powerful storms recorded in 2013, devastated the central Philippines region on 8 November 2013 with damage amounting to more tha...