Dealing with natural disasters: Risk society and ASEAN: a new approach to disaster management
Over the past two decades, natural disasters have severely hit the Southeast Asian region causing dramatic environmental, economic and social consequences. Through the lens of Beck...
Probabilistic storm surge inundation maps for Metro Manila based on Philippine public storm warning signals
A storm surge is the sudden rise of sea water over the astronomical tides, generated by an approaching storm. This event poses a major threat to the Philippine coastal areas, as ma...
Mapping Landslide Risk of the World
Landslides are global hazards that cause huge economic and human losses around the world every year. The study of landslide at global scale is critical to disaster reduction and ha...
Landslide susceptibility maps using different probabilistic and bivariate statistical models and comparison of their performance at Wadi Itwad Basin, Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
The purpose of the current study is to produce landslide susceptibility maps using different probabilistic and bivariate statistical approaches; namely, frequency ratio (FR), weigh...
Devastating Storm Surges of Typhoon Haiyan
On 8th November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, local name Yolanda, made landfall in the central Philippine islands region. Considered one of the most powerful typhoons ever to make landfall...
Controlling nature, disciplining human nature: Floods in Singapore and Metro Manila, 1945–1980s
A history of urban floods underlines the state's efforts to discipline people as well as to control floodwaters. We focus on two big cities in Southeast Asia—Singapore and Metro ...
The value of flood risk reduction in selected communities near the Pulangui river in Bukidnon, Philippines
To estimate the economic value of the benefits of a structural flood prevention program in flood prone areas near the Pulangui River in Bukidnon, Philippines, a contingent valuatio...
Probabilistic storm surge inundation maps for Metro Manila based on Philippine public storm warning signals
A storm surge is the sudden rise of sea water over the astronomical tides, generated by an approaching storm. This event poses a major threat to the Philippine coastal areas, as ma...
Urban inundation simulation considering road network and building configurations
The main difference between rural and urban area inundation is the existence of an impermeable layer and the complexity of the road and building configuration. Therefore, although ...
Local People’s Perceptions of Climate Change and Related Hazards in Mountainous Areas of Northern Thailand
This study investigates the perceptions of local people on climate change and related hazards in Yang Luang Village (YLV), which is located in the mountainous region of the Mae Cha...
Electromagnetic Observations at Taal Volcano
The electromagnetic (EM) method first applied to monitor the activity of the Taal Volcano from 2005 consists of repeatedly surveying total magnetic intensity (TMF) and continuously...
Ground Deformation of Mayon Volcano Revealed by GPS Campaign Survey
Determining the location and the amount of volume change of the pressure source beneath a volcano during the eruption preparation stage is an important issue in monitoring the magm...