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Necessity as the mother of invention : innovative responses to natural disasters

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Distributional impacts of climate change and food security in Southeast Asia

Liong, Shie-Yui (contributor); Jiandong, Liu (contributor); … - 2017

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Modifiers and Amplifiers of High and low Flows on the Ping River in Northern Thailand (1921–2009): The Roles of Climatic Events and Anthropogenic Activity

Lim, Han; Boochabun, Kanokporn; Ziegler, Alan - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 14, pp. 4203-4224

We analyse an 89-year streamflow record (1921–2009) from the Upper Ping River in northern Thailand to determine if anomalous flows have increased over time (Trenberth, Clim Res 47:123–138, <CitationRef CitationID="CR53">1999</CitationRef>; Trenberth, Clim Chang 42:327–339, <CitationRef CitationID="CR54">2011</CitationRef>). We also relate the temporal behavior of high and low...</citationref></citationref>

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Flood, drought and typhoon disasters during the last half-century in the Guangdong province, China

Zhang, Qiang; Zhang, Wei; Chen, Yongqin; Jiang, Tao - In: Natural Hazards 57 (2011) 2, pp. 267-278

In this paper, we present the changing properties of losses due to occurrences of droughts, floods and typhoon … activities on droughts and floods are also analysed. Results based on extensive and thorough investigations indicate that (1 … attached to droughts, but not solely to floods, in the Guangdong province; (2) low-lying terrain of the Guangdong province …

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Water resource management and climate change adaptation: a holistic and multiple criteria perspective

Miller, Kathleen; Belton, Valerie - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 3, pp. 289-308

Anthropogenic climate change is likely to significantly increase human exposure to droughts and floods. It will also …

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Droughts and floods in Malawi

Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James; van Seventer, Dirk - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Malawi suffers frequent droughts and floods. In an economy that is heavily dependent on the agricultural sector, it is … combined effects of droughts and floods. This is equivalent to almost US$22 million in 2005 prices. Given their crop choices …

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Hydro-economic modeling of climate change impacts in Ethiopia

You, Gene Jiing-Yun; Ringler, Claudia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Ethiopia is susceptible to frequent climate extremes such as disastrous droughts and floods. These disastrous climatic …

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Evaluation of the Feasibility of Irrigation Storage in a Flood Detention Pond in an Agricultural Catchment in Northern Italy

Camnasio, Erica; Becciu, Gianfranco - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 5, pp. 1489-1508

during irrigation periods in order to reduce agricultural water shortages; it simulates detention pond response to floods and …

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Necessity as the mother of invention: Innovative responses to natural disasters

Miao, Qing; Popp, David - In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 68 (2014) 2, pp. 280-295

reduce the risk of future hazards? This paper examines the impact of three types of natural disasters—floods, droughts and …

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