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The life cycle of the Southeast Asian–western North Pacific monsoon circulation is established by the northward migrations of the monsoon trough and...
This article reports slope stabilisation trials in northern Laos, south-east Asia. Routes 13 North and 7 have suffered from landslides where steep slo...
Landslides pose a continuing and increasing threat to the management of rural infrastructure in many countries. In many parts of Asia this threat is c...
A tropical cyclone (TC) size parameter, which is defined here as the radius of 15 m s-1 near-surface wind speed (R15), is calculated for 145 TCs in th...
This study explores the possibility of reconstructing the weather of Southeast Asia for the last decades using an atmospheric regional climate model, ...
This chapter contains sections titled: Landslide Problems in Indonesia and the Socio-Economic Cost Slope and Landslide Conditions in Southern Java ...
An examination of the interannual variations of tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the North Indian Ocean during 1983–2008 has been carried out. Th...
This study investigates the intraseasonal variability of tropical cyclones (TCs) by systematically examining the two major components of the intraseas...
The aim of this paper is to discuss and examine the regional projects of institutionalism in Europe and Southeast Asia. The main focus is on Myanmar, ...
Landslides due to heavy rainfall are remarkably increased during the last decade. Past recordshows that Thailand had lost in average 15 lives and 105 ...
A residual soil slope in Singapore that failed on two occasions, in 1989 and 1991, was reanalysed using two (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) slope stab...
Landslides are an illustrative example of multi-hazards, which can be caused by earthquakes, rainfalls and human activity among other reasons. Detecti...

Field Survey of the Camaná, Perú Tsunami of 23 June 2001

Okal, E. A.Dengler, L.Araya, S.Borrero, J. C.Gomer, B. M.ETC
On 23 June 2001 a major earthquake occurred at 20:33 UTC (3:33 pm local time) near the coast of southern Perú, 175 km west of Arequipa and 595 km sou...

China and the Singapore Model

Ortmann, S.Thompson, M. R.
Following the death of Singapore’s founding leader Lee Kuan Yew in March 2015, China remains obsessed with Singapore, the only country in the region...
Landslides are common natural hazards in Malaysia. These landslides can be systematically assessed and mapped through traditional mapping frameworks u...
Delivering accurate cyclone forecasts in time is of key importance when it comes to saving human lives and reducing economic loss. Difficulties arise ...
The capability of seasonal forecasting of global drought onset at local scales (1°) has been investigated using multiple climate models with 110 real...