Publications List
Drought in central and southwest Asia: La Nina, the Warm Pool, and Indian precipitation
Barlow, M.Cullen, H.Lyon, B
Severe drought over the past three years (1998–2001), in combination with the effects of protracted sociopolitical disruption, has led to widespread...
The disastrous 17 February 2006 rockslide-debris avalanche on Leyte Island, Philippines: a catastrophic landslide in tropical mountain terrain
Evans, S. G.Guthrie, R. H.Roberts, N. J.Bishop, N. F.
In February 2006, a disastrous rockslide-debris avalanche occurred in tropical mountain terrain, on Leyte Island, Central Philippines. Over 1100 peopl...
Barrier spit recovery following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Pakarang Cape, southwest Thailand
Koiwa, N.Takahashi, M.Sugisawa, S.Ito, A.Matsumoto, H. A.Tanavud, C.Goto, K.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami had notable impacts on coastal landforms. Temporal change in topography by coastal erosion and subsequent formation of a...
Earth surface temperature records have clearly indicated that the climate of the earth is warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...
Tsunami Run-up and Inundation along the Coast of Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia Due to a Potential Brunei Submarine Mass Failure
Tan, W. K.Te, S. Y.Koh, H. L.
Submarine landslides, also known as submarine mass failures (SMFs), are major natural marine disasters that could critically damage coastal facilities...
Drought stress impacts on climate change on rainfed rice in South Asia
Li, T., Angeles, O., Radanielson, A., and Marcaida, M., and Manalo, E.
Rice production is threatened by climate change and the productivity of rainfed rice is increasingly challenged. A better understanding of the future ...
Essential Elements of National Drought Policy: Moving Toward Creating Drought Policy Guidelines
Wilhite, D.A.
The development and implementation of a drought policy is intended to alter a nation’s approach to drought management. A national drought policy sh...
Discharge Atomization Research for Namtha River No. 1 Hydropower Station in Laos [J]
LI, Bu-liBing-zhu LUOHong-hui TAO
Namtha River No.1 Hydropower Station in Laos is designed with high flood discharge and low trajectory bucket.According to the available research achie...
Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires
Li, T., Angeles, O., Radanielson, A., and Marcaida, M., and Manalo, E.
Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of extreme air pollution...
We examined the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in insular Southeast Asia from July 1996 to December 2001 using a set of consistent, nighttime fire ob...
Dendrogeomorphological Observations in a Landslide on Tymfristos Mountain in Central Greece
Papadopoulos, A. M.Mertzanis, A.Pantera, A.
This paper presents the effects of a landslide on vegetation located on Tymfristos mountain and more specifically in the basin of the Kati stream, Spe...
Hazard mapping related to structurally controlled landslides in Southern Leyte, Philippines
P. K. LuzonK. MontalboJ. GalangJ. M. SabadoC. M. EscapeR. FelixA. M. F. Lagmay
The 2006 Guinsaugon landslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, is one of the largest known landslides in the Philippines in recent history. It consis...
This paper provides information on the sub-national areas (regions/districts/provinces) most vulnerable to climate change impacts in Southeast Asia. T...
Index-based Risk Financing and Development of Natural Disaster Insurance Programs in Developing Asian Countries
Chantarat, S.K. PannangpetchN. PuttanapongP. RakwatinT. Tanompongphandh
This chapter explores innovations in index-based risk transfer products (IBRTPs) as a means to address important insurance market imperfections that h...
Shallow Landslide Hazard Mapping for Davao Oriental, Philippines Using a Deterministic GIS, Model
I. AlejandrinoA.M.F. LagmayR.N. Eco
Davao Oriental located at 7°30 N and 126°50 E is one of the many landslide-prone provinces in the Philippines experiencing severe rainfall throughou...
Drought is expected to increase in frequency and severity in the future as a result of climate change, mainly as a consequence of decreases in regiona...
Development of a Wireless Landslide Monitoring System
Jotisankasa, A.N. HunsachainanN. KwankeoP. ChunrodJ. Mancharoen
This paper reports on development of a wireless landslide monitoring system. The monitoring devices employed consist of rain gauge, piezometers/tensio...
Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium
Cook. E. R.Anchukaitis, K. J.Buckley, B. M.D’Arrigo, R. D.Jacoby, G. C.Wright, W. E.
The Asian monsoon system affects more than half of humanity worldwide, yet the dynamical processes that govern its complex spatiotemporal variability ...
Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia since 1960
R. D. FieldG. R. van der WerfS. S. P. Shen
Much of the interannual variability in global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations has been attributed to variability of emissions from biomass b...
It has been more than 10 years since Malaysia ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and developments since then ...
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