Origin, dispersal, cultivation and variation of rice
There are two cultivated and twenty-one wild species of genus Orvza. O. saliva, the Asian cultivated rice is grown all over the world. The African cultivated rice, O. glaberrima is...
Response to dynamic flood hazard factors in Peninsular Malaysia
Rapidly-industrializing, developing countries face increasing environmental disaster potential. Rising disaster losses are an indicator of non-sustainable development. Analysis of ...
Vulnerability of Bangladesh to climate change and sea level rise through tropical cyclones and storm surges
Bangladesh is frequently visited by natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, storm surges, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and “norwesters.” Of these, tropical cyclones origin...
Response to dynamic flood hazard factors in peninsular Malaysia
Rapidly-industrializing, developing countries face increasing environmental disaster potential. Rising disaster losses are an indicator of non-sustainable development. Analysis of ...
Climate change, drought and desertification
The definition of desertification accepted in the ad hoc conference held by UNEP in Nairobi in 1977 and confirmed at the Earth Summit on Environment and Development held in Rio de ...
Using a Combined Slope Hydrology/Stability Model to Identify Suitable Conditions for Landslide Prevention by Vegetation in the Humid Tropics
The susceptibility of cut slopes to landsliding can be reduced in certain circumstances by the establishment of a vegetation cover. However, the hydrological implications of allowi...
Climatic hazards warning process in Bangladesh—Experience of, and lessons from the 1991 April cyclone
Science and technology cannot control entirely the causes of natural hazards. However, by using multifaceted programs to modify the physical and human use systems, the potential lo...
ENSO and Disaster: Droughts, Floods and El Niño/Southern Oscillation Warm Events
The connection between El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events and precipitation and temperature variability worldwide is increasingly well understood. ENSO has been linked to ...
Competing constructions of calamity—the April 1991 Bangladesh cyclone
On April 30, 1991, a cyclone of unusual intensity hit the coastline of Bangladesh, causing over one hundred thousand deaths and widespread property damage. An international debate ...
Application of vegetation index and brightness temperature for drought detection
In recent years the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has designed a new AVHRR-based Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) that has showed to be useful for drought ...
Screening rice for drought resistance at the reproductive phase
Water deficits result in large yield reductions on the one-half of the world's rice land that is rainfed. The most severe water deficits tend to occur during the reproductive stage...
The Origin and Properties of Bouldery Clay in Singapore.
This paper discusses distribution, nature, behaviour, strength and properties of Bouldery Clay in Singapore. The Bouldery Clay in this location is a stiff to hard landslide materia...