Jakarta Flood Hazard Mapping Framework
Every year floods occur in Jakarta. Widespread flooding occurred in 1996, 2002 and 2007, inundating up to 40% of the city. Increasing population pressure and subsidence (10 cm/year...
Seroprevalence of Leptospirosis and Risk Factor Analysis in Flood-prone Rural Areas in Lao PDR
A cross-sectional seroprevalence study on leptospirosis, using microscopic agglutination test (MAT), was conducted in rural villages in Khammouane Province, Lao People’s Democrat...
Floods in Jakarta: when the extreme reveals daily structural constraints and mismanagement
– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the root causes of disaster vulnerability in Jakarta, to highlight the strategies and implications of official policies, and to consider...
The Flood of Krishna River and the Flood of Politics Dynamics of Rescue and Relief Operations in a Village in India
This article is a case study of the dynamics of rescue and relief operations in a flood-affected village. It argues that without politicizing the process, it is important to correc...
Development of Typhoon Disaster Evaluation System based on GIS
Typhoon is a kind of natural disasters which occurs frequently in inshore provinces of China in summer and autumn.The typhoon data-base from 1949 up to now is established.Using the...
Landslide Early Warning System for Rural Community as an Application of Sensor Asia
An early warning system for landslides was developed and deployed in Banjarnegara Region of Indonesia as a part of Asian Joint Research Project and Sensor Asia Initiative. A Fields...
Strategy for Promoting Education for Natural Disaster Reduction in Indonesia and ASEAN Region
Because of the dynamic geological conditions of Indonesia and South East Asia Region, many countries in such region are vulnerable for geological disasters, such as earthquake, tsu...
Weathering Induced on Slope Instability in Laos:: Case Study Area a Long the Road No. 13 North (Kasi-Phoukhoun District) Vientiane and Luangprabang Province
The research work is conducted in Laos. Which are begining at long the roads No.13 North (Kasi – Phoukhoun District) Vientiane and Luangprabang Province. The main objective of th...
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Probability and Statistics Models in Baguio City, Philippines
For landslide susceptibility mapping, this study applied, verified and compared a probability model, a frequency ratio and statistical model, a logistic regression to Baguio city, ...
Effect of remote sea surface temperature change on tropical cyclone potential intensity
The response of tropical cyclone activity to global warming is widely debated. It is often assumed that warmer sea surface temperatures provide a more favourable environment for th...
Tropical cyclone genesis over the south China sea
The South China Sea (SCS) is among areas in the Northwest Pacific most frequented by tropical cyclones (TCs) with intensity reaching a tropical storm or stronger. It is also an are...
Factors Controlling Instability of Homogeneous Soil Slopes under Rainfall
Rainfall-induced slope failure is a common geotechnical problem in the tropics where residual soils are abundant. Although the significance of rainwater infiltration in causing lan...
The Brunei slide: a giant submarine landslide on the North West Borneo Margin revealed by 3D seismic data
Three dimensional seismic data, offshore Brunei, provide evidence for a giant landslide with a volume of 1200 km3, an area of ~ 5300 km2 and an average thickness of ~ 240 m. I...