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1 Walker, P. 1991. Famine early warning systems: victims and destitution. London, UK: Earthscan. 210p.
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The history of remote sensing and development of different sensors for environmental and natural resources mapping and data acquisition is reviewed and reported. Application examples in urban studies, hydrological modeling such as land- cover and floodplain mapping, fractional vegetation cover and impervious surface area mapping, surface energy flux and micro-topography correlation studies is discussed. The review also discusses the use of remotely sensed-based rainfall and potential evapotranspiration for estimating crop water requirement satisfaction index and hence provides early warning information for growers. The review is not an exhausted application of the remote sensing technique rather summary of some important applications in environmental studies and modeling.
3 Jairath, J.; Ballabh, V. (Eds.) 2008. Droughts and integrated water resource management in South Asia: issues, alternatives and futures. New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd.; Hyderabad, India: South Asian Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs) 356p. (Water in South Asia Vol. 2)
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4 Brauch, H. G.; Spring, U. O.; Grin, J.; Mesjasz, C.; Kameri-Mbote, P.; Behera, N. C.; Chourou, B.; Krummenacher, H. (Eds.) 2009. Facing global environmental change: environmental, human, energy, food, health and water security concepts. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. 1586p. (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace Vol. 4)
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5 Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). 2010. 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27-29 October 2010. IWRM for national and regional integration: where science, policy and practice meet: water resource management. Harare, Zimbabwe: Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). 261p.
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6 Booysen, H. J.; Viljoen, M. F. 1999. Flood damage functions, models and a computer program for irrigation and urban areas in South Africa. Vol. 1 - Irrigation areas. Pretoria, South Africa: Water Research Commission. 300p. (WRC Report No. 690/1/99)
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7 Kabat, P.; van Schaik, H. 2003. Climate changes the water rules: how water managers can cope with today's climate variability and tomorrow's climate change. Delft, Netherlands: Dialogue on Water and Climate. 121p.
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8 Vrba, J.; Verhagen, B. T. (Eds.) 2011. Groundwater for emergency situations: a methodological guide. Paris, France: UNESCO. International Hydrological Programme (IHP). 316p. (UNESCO IHP-VII Series on Groundwater No. 3)
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The aim of the UNESCO IHP project ‘Groundwater for Emergency Situations’ (GWES) is to consider natural catastrophic events that could adversely influence human health and life and to identify in advance emergency groundwater resources resistant to natural disasters that could replace damaged public and domestic drinking water supplies. The GWES project was approved during the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP). It was included in the Implementation Plan of the Sixth Phase of the IHP (2002–2007), Theme 2: ‘Integrated watershed and aquifer dynamics’, under the title ‘Identification and management of strategic groundwater bodies to be used for emergency situations as a result of extreme events or in case of conflicts’. The Second phase of the GWES project is implemented within IHP VII (2008–2013) by an International Working Group composed of UNESCO, and IAH representatives and experts from different regions of the world.
9 Lacombe, Guillaume. 2011. Early warning systems and monitoring tools for agricultural adaptations to climate change. [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the Workshop on Climate Change and its Impact on Agriculture, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 13-16 December 2011. 1p.
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In Southeast Asia, agricultural production is highly constraint by climate cycles typically characterized by the regular alternation of the wet and dry seasons, and by unpredictable droughts or rain storms. For hundreds of decades, farmers have adapted to these climate vagaries by growing various cultivars, mainly during the rainy season, with different cropping calendars, thus limiting the risk of total agricultural losses in the case of extreme events. In response to increased population and food demand, cropped land and inhabited zones are expanding to flood- and drought prone areas, resulting in higher frequency of flood and drought related damages. Climate change may magnify the severity of agricultural losses with more contrasted seasons and more extreme climate events (longest droughts and flashier floods). Communities living in flood and drought prone areas are generally the poorest and therefore the most vulnerable to natural disasters. Reducing the vulnerability of these people to the negative impacts of floods and droughts should improve their standard of living and assist them to climb out of poverty. One solution consists in forecasting and characterizing extreme climate events through the use of “early warning systems” and “monitoring tools”, giving time for the population to take appropriate actions in order to minimize damages and possible casualties. The Flood Management and Mitigation Center of the Mekong River Commission is a good example of successful early warning system although some improvements, especially at the action/local levels are required. The monitoring of droughts and the prevention of their negative effects on agricultural yields is more difficult to implement as droughts are occurring at large spatial scales, affecting the society as a whole. However, recent progresses in remote sensing technologies and telecommunication systems are promising at the conditions that institutional and management supports strengthen, especially when trans-boundary coordination is required.
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12 Lacombe, Guillaume; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Valero, T. 2012. Effectiveness of early warning systems and monitoring tools in the Mekong Basin. In Anbumozhi, V.; Breiling, M.; Pathmarajah, S.; Reddy, V. R. (Eds.). Climate change in Asia and the Pacific: how can countries adapt?. New Delhi, India: Sage. pp.196-205.
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15 Sene, K. 2010. Hydrometeorology: forecasting and applications. London, UK: Springer. 355p.
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16 Amarnath, Giriraj. 2014. Earth observation data: monitoring floods and drought. Geospatial Today, 6(June):15-19.
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17 Amarnath, Giriraj; Inada, Yoshiaki; Ghosh, Surajit; Yakob, Umer; Alahacoon, Niranga; Kota, Harada; Inoue, Ryosuke; Schlaffer, S. 2014. Earth observation technologies for flood-risk mapping, modeling and management. Training manual prepared for Capacity Building Workshop on Earth Observation Technologies for Flood-risk mapping, Modeling and Management, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 18-21 November 2014. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: University of Peradeniya. Postgraduate Institute of Science. 170p.
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19 Speranza, C. I. 2010. Resilient adaptation to climate change in African agriculture. Bonn, Germany: German Development Institute (DIE). 311p. (German Development Institute Studies 54)
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20 Ray, K.; Mohapatra, M.; Bandyopadhyay, B. K.; Rathore, L. S. (Eds.) 2015. High-impact weather events over the SAARC Region. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing; New Delhi, India: Capital Publishing Company. 414p. [Selected papers presented at the SAARC Seminar on High Impact Weather Events over SAARC Region, New Delhi, India, 2-4 December, 2013] [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10217-7]
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