Publications List
Risk reduction or redistribution? Flood management in the Mekong region
. Lebel, L.Sinh, B. T.Garden, P.Hien, B. V.Subsin, N.Tuan, L. A.Vinh, N. T. P.
Floods, benign and destructive, are an important feature of the landscape, livelihood and culture of the greater Mekong region. In the main valleys an...
Cyclone Nargis (Figure 1a) made landfall in Myanmar (formerly Burma) on 2 May 2008 with sustained winds of approximately 210 kilometers per hour, equi...
Flooding in Cape Town's informal settlements: conditions for community leaders to work towards adaptation
Drivdal, L.
Informal settlements are particularly vulnerable to environmental hazards, due to the lack of infrastructure such as drainage systems and because resi...
Flood Hazards in Metro Manila: Recognizing Commonalities, Differences, and Courses of Action
Zoleta-Nantes, D. B.
This paper looks at the vulnerability to flood hazards of different urban groups in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It contextualizes and finds simila...
Systemic problems have long prevailed and plagued the international disaster relief scene. Despite the reformatory efforts of the United Nations (UN),...
Simulation of flood inundation in the mega cities of Southeast Asia, case study: Metro Manila
Emam, A. R.Mishra, B. K.Kumar, P.Masago, Y.Fukushi, K.
Flooding is a serious issue in cities experiencing rapid urban growth. However, flood damage can be reduced by taking an account of flood risk assessm...
Discusses flood risk in Malaysia, which has increased alarmingly in recent decades largely due to changing physical characteristics of the hydrologica...
Review of emission factors for assessment of CO2 emission from land use change to oil palm in Southeast Asia
Agus, F.Henson, I. E.Sahardjo, B. H.Harris, N.van Noordwijk, M.Killeen, T. J.
This paper reviews published reports of carbon stocks, emission factors and approaches for estimating CO2 emissions from land use change and peat soil...
Case study: flood mitigation of the Muda River, Malaysia
Julien, P. Y.Ghani, A. A.Zakaria, N. A.Abdullah, R.Chang, C. K.
The 2003 flood of the Muda River reached 1,340 m3/s1,340 m3/s at Ladang Victoria and adversely impacted 45,000 people in Malaysia. A flood control rem...
Monsoon drought over Java, Indonesia, during the past two centuries
D'Arrigo, R.R. Wilson, J.Palmer, P.Krusic, A.Curtis, J.Sakulich, S.Bijaksana, S.Zulaikah, S.L. O. Ngkoimani
Monsoon droughts, which often coincide with El Niño warm events, can have profound impacts on the populations of Southeast Asia. Improved understandi...
Hydrodynamic versus GIS modelling for coastal flood vulnerability assessment: Which is better for guiding coastal management?
Seenath, A.Wilson, M.Miller, K.
Under climate change, sea-level rise and increasing storm surge intensity will increase the likelihood of floods for low-lying coastal areas. Therefor...
GIS-based river flood hazard mapping in urban area (a case study in Kayu Ara River Basin, Malaysia)
Alaghmand, S.Bin Abdullah, R.Abustan, I.Vosoogh, B.
This paper presents a simple methodology for river flood risk map prediction in an urbanized area. River flood risk map is a function of hazard, vulne...
Track analysis, simulation, and field survey of the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan storm surge
H TakagiM EstebanT Shibayama
The authors have examined the characteristics of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which made landfall on the coast of the Philippines on November 2013, gener...
Global Trends and Variability in Soil Moisture and Drought Characteristics, 1950–2000, from Observation-Driven Simulations of the Terrestrial Hydrologic Cycle
Sheffield, J.Wood, E.F.
Global and regional trends in drought for 1950–2000 are analyzed using a soil moisture–based drought index over global terrestrial areas, excludin...
Repurposing climate reconstructions for drought prediction in Southeast Asia
Bell, A. R.Cook, B. I.Anchukaitis, K. J.Buckley, B. M.Cook, E. R.
Climate information may help smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia take informed risks and reduce their climate vulnerability. Model-based seasonal fo...
On the roles of the northeast cold surge, the Borneo vortex, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole during the extreme 2006/2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia
Tangang, F. T.Juneng, L., Salimun, E.Vinayachandran, P. N.Seng, Y. K.Reason, C. J. C.Yasunari, T.
[1] The mid-December 2006 to late January 2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia was the worst flood in a century and was caused by three extreme...
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Deforestation in Southeast Asia
Palm, C. A.Houghton, R. A.Melillo, J. M.
The reduction of carbon in the vegetation and soils of Southeast Asia as a result of changes in land use since 1860 has been analyzed. Several indepen...
Tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstruction over northern Vietnam from Fokienia hodginsii: eighteenth century mega-drought and tropical Pacific influence
Sano, M.Buckley, B.M.Sweda, T.
We present here the first statistically calibrated and verified tree-ring reconstruction of climate from continental Southeast Asia. The reconstructed...
Flooding in Jakarta Towards a blue city with improved water management
Caljouw, M.Nas, P. J.Pratiwo, M. R.
Sunday, 27 January 2002, a large ?ood swept down on Jakarta and inundated several parts of the city.1 From the evening of 27 January to the morning of...
Climate change and variability over Malaysia: Gaps in science and research information
Tangang, F. T.Juneng, L.Salimun, E.Sei, K. M.Le, L. J.Muhamad, H.
This paper provides an overview of the current available scientific knowledge pertaining to climate change and climate variability over Malaysia. Mala...
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