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Drought is the most complex and least understood of all natural hazards, affecting more people than any other hazard (Hagman, 1984). For the past seve...

The December 2012 Mayo River debris flow triggered by Super Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao, Philippines: Lessons learned and questions raised

K. S. RodolfoA. M. F. LagmayR. C. EcoT. M. L. HerreroJ. E. MendozaL. G. MinimoJ. T. Santiago
Category 5 Super Typhoon Bopha, the world's worst storm of 2012, formed abnormally close to the Equator, and its landfall on Mindanao set the record p...
This study examines the different impacts of two types of El Niños, the eastern Pacific El Niño (EP-EN) and the central Pacific El Niño (CP-EN), on...
Alluvial fans are prominent depositional geomorphic features present in nearly all global climates on Earth, and also found on Mars. In this study, we...

Climate regulation of fire emissions and deforestation in equatorial Asia

van der Werf, G. R.Dempewolf, J.Trigg, S. N.Randerson, J. T.Kasibhatla, P. sGiglo, L.
Drainage of peatlands and deforestation have led to large-scale fires in equatorial Asia, affecting regional air quality and global concentrations of ...
The weight penetrometer is a light weight device and can be easily deployed on slopes not accessible to conventional exploratory tools such as drill r...
The main objective of this study is to investigate the potential application of support vector machines (SVM) with kernel functions analysis for spati...
In this review paper we present geographical, ecological and historical aspects of Southeast Asia from the perspective of forest degradation monitorin...

EFFECT OF LAND SUBSIDENCE ON FLOOD INUNDATION IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Moe, I. R.Kure, S.Januriyadi, N. F.Farid, M.Udo, K.Kazama, S.Koshimura, S.
Floods are considered to be one of the major natural disasters in Indonesia. Jakarta in Indonesia has experienced many floods in the past, such as tho...
Given the increasing impacts of ?ooding in Jakarta, methods for assessing current and future ?ood risk are required. In this paper, we use the Damages...

Land subsidence of Jakarta (Indonesia) and its relation with urban development

Abidin, H. Z.Andreas, H.Gumilar, I.Fukuda, Y.Pohan, Y. E.Deguchi, T.
Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia with a population of about 9.6 million people, inhabiting an area of about 660 square-km. In the last three d...

Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities

Aerts, J. C.Botzen, W. W.Emanuel, K.Lin, N.de Moel, H.Michel-Kerjan, E. O.
Recent flood disasters in the United States (2005, 2008, 2012); the Philippines (2012, 2013); and Britain (2014) illustrate how vulnerable coastal cit...

How reliable are projections of future ?ood damage?

Bubeck, P.De Moel, H.Bouwer, L. M.Aerts, J. C. J. H.
Flood damage modelling is an important component in ?ood risk management, and several studies have investigated the possible range of ?ood damage in t...

Landscape structure and use, climate, and water movement in the Mekong River basin

Costa-Cabral, M. C.Richey, J. E.Goteti, G.Lettenmaier, D. P.Feldkötter, C.Snidvongs, A.
In this article the relative roles of precipitation and soil moisture in in?uencing runoff variability in the Mekong River basin are addressed. The fa...
The following article joins the debate about the theoretical and empirical implications of the Asian crisis on Southeast Asian regionalism. It argues ...
Landslide is one of the natural disasters cause damage to life and casualties in Thailand every year. A number of factors trigger the landslide incl...
Comprehensive 5-direction IP logging is one of the important methods for exploration of sulfide type ore deposits.Blind and concealed ore bodies can b...
With the recent transition to a more risk-based approach in flood management, flood risk models—being a key component in flood risk management—are...