Fundamental Analysis for Flood Risk Management in the Selected River Basins of Southeast Asia
Flood features were analyzed and risk knowledge was examined in studies in selected river basins of Southeast Asia. Rainfall runoff features were analyzed in Indonesia’s Solo riv...
Riverbank stability assessment under flooding conditions in the Red River of Hanoi, Vietnam
The literature contains limited information on variations in the factors of safety (FOS) of riverbank stability associated with river water level (RWL) fluctuations. This paper ana...
Economic impact upon agricultural production from extreme flood events in Quang Nam, central Vietnam
Quang Nam province, central Vietnam, is situated within the tropical monsoon and typhoon zone of south-east Asia and is susceptible to extreme ?oods. Historical water level data fr...
Community responses and adaptation strategies toward ?ood hazard in Jakarta, Indonesia
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 responses and adaptation stra...
Community responses and adaptation strategies toward ?ood hazard in Jakarta, Indonesia
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 responses and adaptation stra...
he GPCC Drought Index – a new, combined and gridded drought index
The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Drought Index (GPCC-DI) provides estimations of water supply anomalies with respect to long-term statistics. It is a combination of the ...
Estimation of rainfall threshold and its use in landslide hazard mapping of Kuala Lumpur metropolitan and surrounding areas
This paper presents rainfall-induced landslide thresholds and predicts landslide hazard in Kuala Lumpur metropolitan city and surrounding areas. Landslide events from 2000 to 2012 ...
Tsunami evacuation simulation - case studies for tsunami mitigation at Indonesia, Thailand and Japan
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami left several lessons for future events. Both tsunami events confirmed the importance of early evacuation, tsunam...
Index-based Risk Financing and Development of Natural Disaster Insurance Programs in Developing Asian Countries
This chapter explores innovations in index-based risk transfer products (IBRTPs) as a means to address important insurance market imperfections that have precluded the emergence an...
Natural Disaster and Economic Policy for ASEAN and the Pacific Rim: A Proposal for a Disaster Risk Reduction “Seal of Approval” Fund
Many of the most destructive natural disasters of the past few decades occurred in ASEAN or other Pacific Rim countries. Even without these catastrophic infrequent events, some ASE...
Approaches towards Effective Disaster Risk Coping Strategy and Regional Cooperation on Disaster Management
This chapter returns to the core themes that have organized this book: the role of community, markets, and the government in mitigating against disaster and deepening resilience to...
Impacts of Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in Malaysia: The Case of Floods
Malaysia lies in a geographically stable region, relatively free from natural disasters, but is affected by flooding, landslides, haze and other man-made disasters. Disaster manage...
Social Protection Ten-Years After the Tsunami: The Case of Indonesia and Thailand
An earthquake with an epicenter in the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia sparked a chain of injurious tsunamis along the shoreline bordering the Indian Ocean, killing thousands of p...
Post-Tsunami Recovery and Rehabilitation of Small Enterprises in Phang Nga Province, Southern Thailand
In Southern Thailand, tourism-related businesses and small-scale fisheries were among the sectors that were hardest hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Drawing on an extensive li...