Biomass burning, humans and climate change in Southeast Asia
Biomass burning is an integral part of the Earth system, influencing and being influenced by global climate conditions, vegetation cover and human activity. Fire has long been asso...
Cyclone track forecasting based on satellite images using artificial neural networks
Many places around the world are exposed to tropical cyclones and associated storm surges. In spite of massive efforts, a great number of people die each year as a result of cyclon...
Regional Landslide Susceptibility Analysis Using Back-Propagation Neural Network Model at Cameron Highland, Malaysia
This paper presents landslide susceptibility analysis around the Cameron Highlands area, Malaysia using a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing techniques. Landsli...
Environmental hazards: assessing risk and reducing disaster
The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century...
Cyclone Nargis storm surge in Myanmar
Tropical cyclones develop in the north Indian Ocean from 55 to 90°E and 5 to 20°N (Webster et al. 2005). The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) maintains a “best-track” data...
Manifestation of remote sensing data and GIS on landslide hazard analysis using spatial-based statistical models
This paper presents landslide hazard analysis at Cameron area, Malaysia, using a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing data. Landslide locations were identified fr...
Manifestation of Remote Sensing Data and GIS on Landslide Hazard Analysis Using Spatial-Based Statistical Models
This paper presents landslide hazard analysis at Cameron area, Malaysia, using a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing data. Landslide locations were identified fr...
Natural Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance in Asia: The Case of Myanmar
In May 2008, the international community was frustrated with Myanmar’s1 resistance to humanitarian access after the country was hit by the large-scale cyclone named ‘Nargis.’...
A U.S. CLIVAR Project to Assess and Compare the Responses of Global Climate Models to Drought-Related SST Forcing Patterns: Overview and Results
The U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) working group on drought recently initiated a series of global climate model simulations forced with idealized SST anomaly ...
Drought in the Southeastern United States: Causes, Variability over the Last Millennium, and the Potential for Future Hydroclimate Change
An assessment of the nature and causes of drought in the southeastern United States is conducted as well as an assessment of model projections of anthropogenically forced hydroclim...
Framework for integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge for disaster risk reduction
A growing awareness of the value of indigenous knowledge has prompted calls for its use within disaster risk reduction. The use of indigenous knowledge alongside scientific knowled...
The ASEAN Regional Forum: From Dialogue to Practical Security Cooperation?
This article examines to what extent the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) has moved beyond dialogue to practical security co-operation. Focusing ...
Impact of global warming on streamflow drought in Europe
Recent developments in climate modeling suggest that global warming is likely to favor conditions for the development of droughts in many regions of Europe. Studies evaluating poss...