Storm surge and Tsunami awareness and preparedness in Central Vietnam
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Tsunami: the underrated hazard
It is a comprehensive and well illustrated textbook on all aspects of tsunami. I don't think there is any other book on the topic published. As one bookseller said after the Indian...
Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires
Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of extreme air pollution usually occur during drought ...
Projected hydrological changes and their consistency under future climate in the Chao Phraya River Basin using multi-model and multi-scenario
It is important to examine what future hydrological changes could occur as a result of climate change. In this study, we projected hydrological changes and their consistency under ...
Flood Risk of Metro Manila Barangays: A GIS Based Risk Assessment Using Multi-Criteria Techniques
This study examined the flood prone areas within Metro Manila to find out their degrees of disaster risk. More specifically, the study considered the population densities of Metro ...
DEM-based modification of pixel-swapping algorithm for enhancing floodplain inundation mapping
Floodplain inundation plays a key role in riparian ecosystems. Remote sensing provides an advanced technology for detecting floodplain inundation, but the trade-off between the spa...
Risk Analysis of Power Supply in San Juan, Surigao City, Philippines Due to Extreme Floods
The power supply system and its network components, like any other lifeline, are at risk due to extreme floods. Although various adaptive measures by the power producer can reduce ...
Do Adaptation and Coping Mechanisms to Extreme Climate Events Differ by Gender? The Case of Flood-Affected Households in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines
This study was conducted to identify and analyse gender-differentiated adaptation measures and coping mechanisms formulated and implemented by households during Typhoon Frank (inte...
Association between annual river flood pulse and paediatric hospital admissions in the Mekong Delta area
The Mekong Delta is the most vulnerable region to extreme climate and hydrological conditions however the association between these conditions and children’s health has been litt...
Characterizing Topographic Features and Flood Inundation Mapping in Alluvial Lowland Area
This study aims to develop algorithm for generating high resolution DEM in an alluvial lowland area in the south of Danang city, Vietnam, where is suffering from high potential for...
Sheltering from a gathering storm: Typhoon resilience in Vietnam
This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DG...
Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) revisited: parameter fitting, evapotranspiration models, tools, datasets and drought monitoring
The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) was developed in 2010 and has been used in an increasing number of climatology and hydrology studies. The objective o...