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Climate as a contributing factor in the demise of Angkor, Cambodia

Buckley, B. M.Anchukaitis, K. J.Penny, D.Fletcher, R.Cook, E.R.Sano, M.Nam, L.C.Wichienkeeo, A.Minh, T. T.Hong T. M.
The “hydraulic city” of Angkor, the capitol of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia, experienced decades-long drought interspersed with intense monsoons i...
Landslides are one of the most widespread and commonly occurring natural hazards. In regions of high vulnerability, these complex hazards can cause si...

Hydrological roles of the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River

Fujii, H.Garsdal, H.Ward, P.Ishii, M.Morishita, K.Boivin, T.
The purpose of this study was to assess the hydrological roles of the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River, from Kompong Cham as far south as the ...

IMPORTANCE OF RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS FOR THE FLOOD FORECASTING OF THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN

Hapuarachchi, H. A. P.TAKEUCHI, K.FUKAMI, K.INOMATA, H.ZHOU, M.
This paper presents the results of an application of a grid based distributed hydrological model, BTOPMC (Block-wise use of TOPMODEL with Muskingum-Cu...
It is important to examine what future hydrological changes could occur as a result of climate change. In this study, we projected hydrological change...
Implementation of sensitivity analysis (SA) procedures is helpful in calibration of models and also for their transposition to different watersheds. T...
A history of urban floods underlines the state's efforts to discipline people as well as to control floodwaters. We focus on two big cities in Southea...

Disaster preparedness in Malaysia: An exploratory study

Dorasamy, M.Raman, M.Muthaiyah, S.Kaliannan, M.
Malaysians are increasingly finding themselves exposed to disasters especially land slides and flood. However, concern can be raised about citizen’s...

Coastal inundation and damage exposure estimation: a case study for Jakarta

Ward, P. J.Marfai, M. A.Yulianto, F.Hizbaron, D. R.Aerts, J. C.
Coastal ?ooding poses serious threats to coastal areas, and the vulnerability of coastal communities and economic sectors to ?ooding will increase in ...
DHAKA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people living in tents since a cyclone devastated the southern Bangladesh coast in November are now bat...
A dense tipping-bucket rain gauge network was established in the Mae Chaem watershed in the mountains of northwestern Thailand as part of the Global E...
Based on results from climate model simulations, many researchers have suggested that because of global warming, the sea surface temperature (SST) wil...
Recently, in the year 2006, 2007 and 2008 heavy monsoons rainfall have triggered floods along Malaysia's east coast as well as in different parts of t...
Drought in the Philippines has been monitored for agricultural and economic losses, but spatial and temporal characterization at the basin scale has n...
The main objective of this study is to produce a landslide susceptibility map for the Lao Cai area (Vietnam) using a new hybrid intelligent method bas...
TyphoonisoneofthemajorweatherdisastersinChina’scoastalandsomeinland areas. This study focuses on the evaluation of typhoon disaster in Zhejiang prov...

Storm Surge due to 2013 Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in Leyte Gulf, the Philippines

Takagi, H.De Leon, M.Esteban, M.Mikami, T.Nakamura, R.
The present chapter describes the characteristics of the massive storm surge generated by the 2013 Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), which made landfall on th...

The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: forecast challenges, current understanding, and future directions

Jones, S. C.Harrb, P. A.Abrahamc, J.Bosartd, L. F.Bowyere, P. J.J. L. EvansD. E.Hanley
A significant number of tropical cyclones move into the midlatitudes and transform into extratropical cyclones. This process is generally referred to ...
It has been more than 10 years since Malaysia ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and developments since then ...