Quantitative Landslide Susceptibility Mapping at Pemalang Area, Indonesia
For quantitative landslide susceptibility mapping, this study applied and verified a frequency ratio, logistic regression, and artificial neural network models to Pemalang area, In...
Comparison and Validation of Landslide Susceptibility Maps Using an Artificial Neural Network Model for Three Test Areas in Malaysia
Landslides are common natural hazards in Malaysia. These landslides can be systematically assessed and mapped through traditional mapping frameworks using geoinformation technologi...
Reconnaissance of the Gigantic Landslide Occurred on Mt. Bawakaraeng in the South Sulawesi State of Indonesia and Unstable Debris Sedimentation (Prompt Report)
A gigantic landslide occurred on the caldera wall of Mt. Bawakaraeng (2830m) located in the uppermost reach of the Jeneberang River in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on March 26, 2004....
Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium
The Asian monsoon system affects more than half of humanity worldwide, yet the dynamical processes that govern its complex spatiotemporal variability are not sufficiently understoo...
Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium
The Asian monsoon system affects more than half of humanity worldwide, yet the dynamical processes that govern its complex spatiotemporal variability are not sufficiently understoo...
Community-based assessment of human rights in a complex humanitarian emergency: the Emergency Assistance Teams-Burma and Cyclone Nargis
Introduction
Cyclone Nargis hit Burma on May 2, 2008, killing over 138,000 and affecting at least 2.4 million people. The Burmese military junta, the State Peace and Development C...
Flood-related disaster vulnerability: an impending crisis of megacities in Asia
The megacities around the world have been located in fertile river basins since the beginning of civilization. In recent years, population has been increasing drastically; as a res...
Distinguishing Barriers to Insurance in Thai Villages
A large body of evidence shows that informal insurance is an important risk-smoothing mechanism in developing countries but that this risk sharing is incomplete. Models of limited ...
Biogeography and conservation in Southeast Asia: how 2.7 million years of repeated environmental fluctuations affect today’s patterns and the future of the remaining refugial-phase biodiversity
Understanding the historical biogeography of this global biodiversity hotspot is as important to long-term conservation goals as ecology and evolution are to understanding current ...
Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of Southeast Asia
Amphibians and reptiles will be adversely affected by projected rapid changes in climate in the next decades. Here, we review the known and potential impacts of climate change on t...
Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones: From Science to Mitigation
This book is a completely rewritten, updated and expanded new edition of the original Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones published in 1995. It presents a comprehensive review...
A multiscalar drought index sensitive to global warming: The standard precipitation evapotranspiration index
The authors propose a new climatic drought index: the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI). The SPEI is based on precipitation and temperature data, and it ha...
Landslide tsunami hazard in the Indonesian Sunda Arc
The Indonesian archipelago is known for the occurrence of catastrophic earthquake-generated tsunamis along the Sunda Arc. The tsunami hazard associated with submarine landslides ho...
Do biomass burning aerosols intensify drought in equatorial Asia during El Ni˜no?
During El Ni˜no years, ?res in tropical forests and peatlands in equatorial Asia create large regional smoke clouds. We characterized the sensitivity of these clouds to regional d...