Post cyclone adjustment process: basic needs perspective
The focus of the study is to understand post-cclone adjustment process in different areas of Sandwip island after the cyclone-1991. The study is mainly based on field data collecte...
Cyclone disaster in coastal Bangladesh: local knowledge and indigenous coping strategies
For generations, cyclones and tidal surges have frequently devastated lives and property in coastal and island Bangladesh. This study explores vulnerability to cyclone hazards usin...
Hydrological roles of the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River
The purpose of this study was to assess the hydrological roles of the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River, from Kompong Cham as far south as the Vietnam border. An intensive o...
Hydrological roles of the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River
The purpose of this study was to assess the hydrological roles of the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River, from Kompong Cham as far south as the Vietnam border. An intensive o...
E?ects of IPCC SRES* emissions scenarios on river runo?: a global perspective
This paper describes an assessment of the implications of future climate change for river runoff across the entire world, using six climate models which have been driven by the SRE...
Regional flood estimation for ungauged basins in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Design flood estimation is an important task that is required in the planning and design of many civil engineering projects. In this study, the flood records of more than 23 gauged...
The Mekong River Commission: transboundary water resources planning and regional security
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) was established in 1995 and represents a third chapter in the Mekong Project's organizational history. The MRC's predecessors – the Mekong Commi...
Detection of land cover changes using MODIS 250 m data
The Vegetative Cover Conversion (VCC) product is designed to serve as a global alarm for land cover change caused by anthropogenic activities and extreme natural events. MODIS 250 ...
Field Survey of the Camaná, Perú Tsunami of 23 June 2001
On 23 June 2001 a major earthquake occurred at 20:33 UTC (3:33 pm local time) near the coast of southern Perú, 175 km west of Arequipa and 595 km southeast of Lima. The earthquake...
Rainfall Variability and Subsistence Systems in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific1
Subsistence systems in insular Southeast Asia and the western Pacific are geographically patterned: from west to east, grain crops disappear while root and tree crops become more i...
The quantification of drought: An evaluation of drought indices
Indices for objectively quantifying the severity of meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological forms of drought are discussed. Indices for each drought form are judged accordin...
Mitigating the Risk of Landslide on Hill-Site Development in Malaysia
Construction of residential buildings on hill-site in Malaysia has increased tremendously for the last 15 years due to depleting flat land and other influencing factors like beauti...
How strong ENSO events affect tropical storm activity over the western North Pacific
An analysis of 35-yr (1965–99) data reveals vital impacts of strong (but not moderate) El Niño and La Niña events on tropical storm (TS) activity over the western North Pacific...
The 1998 Oklahoma–Texas Drought: Mechanistic Experiments with NCEP Global and Regional Models
This study presents results from mechanistic experiments to clarify the origin and maintenance of the Oklahoma–Texas (OK–TX) drought of the 1998 summer, using the National Cent...