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1 Walker, P. 1991. Famine early warning systems: victims and destitution. London, UK: Earthscan. 210p.
Early warning systems ; Disasters ; Famine ; Remote sensing ; Models ; Non-governmental organizations ; Developing countries / India / Bangladesh / Botswana / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 363.8 G000 WAL Record No: H043619)
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2 Melesse, A. M.; Weng, Q.; Thenkabail, Prasad S.; Senay, G. B. 2007. Remote sensing sensors and applications in environmental resources mapping and modelling. Sensors, 7:3209-3241.
Remote sensing ; Sensors ; Imagery ; Models ; Environmental effects ; Drought ; Soil water ; Mapping ; Hydrology ; Forecasting ; Early warning systems
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 621.3678 G000 MEL Record No: H040633)
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)
Drought ; Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; Rain ; History ; Gender ; Women ; Ecosystems ; Biomass ; Policy ; Case studies ; Watershed management ; Natural resources ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Adjustment of production ; Early warning systems ; Risk management ; Food security ; Rainfed farming ; Groundwater management ; Economic aspects ; Crops ; Livestock ; Water harvesting / South Asia / India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / Pakistan / Tamil Nadu / Andhra Pradesh / Maharashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.14 G570 JAI Record No: H042113)
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)
Environmental factors ; Climate change ; Globalization ; Ecosystems ; International relations ; Policy ; Natural resources ; Desertification ; Water security ; Case studies ; Models ; Natural disasters ; Refugees ; Social welfare ; Health ; HIV infections ; Energy management ; Energy demand ; Energy sources ; Economic aspects ; Food security ; Water resource management ; River basin management ; Non governmental organizations ; Gender ; Early warning systems / Africa / Botswana / Vietnam / Bangladesh / India / Arab Countries / Middle East / Turkey / Africa South of Sahara / Asia / USA / Russia / Belarus / Ukraine / Israel / Palestine / Japan / Mali / Nnile River Basin / Tigris River Basin / Senegal River Basin / Volta River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7 G000 BRA Record No: H043458)
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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.
GIS ; Case studies ; Water resource management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Early warning systems ; Forecasting ; Water governance ; Water harvesting ; Domestic water ; Water supply ; Water resources development ; Watershed management ; Water law ; Rural areas / Africa / Tanzania / Mozambique / Namibia / Kenya / Malawi / South Africa / Cuvelai-Etosha Basin / Tana River Basin / Pangani River Basin / Nyando River Basin / Incomati River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043408)
http://www.waternetonline.ihe.nl/11thSymposium/WaterResourcesManagementFullPapers2010.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043408.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043408.pdf
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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)
Flooding ; Damage ; Floodplains ; Irrigated land ; Urban areas ; Catchment areas ; Land use ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Satellite surveys ; Vegetation ; Rivers ; Decision making ; Fluid mechanics ; Simulation models ; Sugarcane ; Income ; Policy ; Environmental effects ; Social aspects ; Corporate culture ; Risks ; Early warning systems / South Africa / Gifkloof Weir / Orange River / Mfolozi Floodplain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G178 BOO Record No: H044215)
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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.
Water management ; Climate change ; Assessment ; Adaptation ; Drought ; Flooding ; Weather forecasting ; Early warning systems ; Hydrological cycle ; Health ; Sanitation ; Vectorborne diseases ; Ecosystems ; Water stress
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044396)
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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)
Water resources ; Groundwater recharge ; Disaster preparedness ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Geology ; Hydrogeology ; Hydrology ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Mathematical models ; Risk assessment ; Risk management ; Water governance ; Policy ; Early warning systems ; Natural disasters ; Flooding ; Drought ; Earthquakes ; Landslides ; Tsunamis ; Storms ; Cyclones ; Volcanoes ; Water flow ; Aquifers ; Isotopes ; Case studies ; Sewage ; Drainage ; Rehabilitation ; Chemical composition ; Analytical methods ; Satellite surveys ; Satellite imagery ; Capacity building / South Africa / South Germany / Czech Republic / India / China / Peru / Maldives / Sri Lanka / Japan / Molasses Basin / Labe River / Elbe River / Orissa / Shenthen Xikeng Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044405)
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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.
Early warning systems ; Natural disasters ; Monitoring ; Adaptation ; Climate change / Southeast Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044666)
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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.
10 Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). 2012. International Training Course: Application of Space Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction. Lecture notes. Dehradun, India: Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). 432p.
Natural disasters ; Risk management ; Socioeconomic development ; Remote sensing ; Mapping ; Meteorology ; GIS ; Satellite surveys ; Forecasting ; Image processing ; Data analysis ; Global positioning systems ; Flooding ; Drought ; Monitoring ; Earthquakes ; Landslides ; Tsunamis ; Early warning systems ; Weather forecasting ; Hydrometeorology ; Space ; Technology
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.34 G000 CEN Record No: H044954)
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11 Wardlow, B. D.; Anderson, M. C.; Verdin, J. P. (Eds.) 2012. Remote sensing of drought: innovative monitoring approaches. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. 422p.
Remote sensing ; Drought ; Monitoring ; History ; Vegetation ; Precipitation ; Indicators ; Evapotranspiration ; Water balance ; Energy balance ; Satellite surveys ; Satellite imagery ; Data analysis ; Analytical methods ; Soil moisture ; Rain ; Temperature ; Snow cover ; Early warning systems ; Models / Kenya / Eastern Africa / Sahel
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 621.3678 G000 WAR Record No: H045035)
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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.
Early warning systems ; Monitoring ; River basins ; Deltas ; Flooding ; Rain ; Drought ; Forecasting ; Models / Vietnam / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045067)
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13 Maloszewski, P.; Witczak, S.; Malina, G. (Eds.) 2013. Groundwater quality sustainability. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. 350p.
Groundwater management ; Water quality ; Groundwater recharge ; Nitrates ; Water pollution ; Drinking water ; Sediment ; Dairy farms ; Fertilizers ; Early warning systems ; Aquifers ; Filtration ; Infiltration ; Hydrogeology ; Arsenic ; Risk assessment ; Decision support systems ; Models ; Catchment areas ; Flow discharge ; Monitoring ; River basins / Germany / Southern Spain / Russia / Hungary / Portugal / Croatia / Syria / Saxony / Mediterranean River Basin / Budapest / Catalonia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MAL Record No: H045610)
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14 Lamond, J.; Booth, C.; Hammond, F.; Proverbs, D. (Eds.) 2012. Flood hazards: impacts and responses for the built environment. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. 371p.
Flood control ; Risk management ; Urban areas ; Forecasting ; Early warning systems ; Drainage ; Land use ; Case studies ; Households ; Social aspects ; Costs ; Health hazards ; Insurance ; Rain ; Sustainable development ; Technology / UK
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 627.4 G000 LAM Record No: H045863)
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15 Sene, K. 2010. Hydrometeorology: forecasting and applications. London, UK: Springer. 355p.
Hydrometeorology ; Hydrology ; Weather forecasting ; Radar satellite ; Meteorological stations ; Climate change ; Rain ; Runoff ; Water levels ; Water quality ; Water supply ; Water power ; Water demand ; Rivers ; Flow discharge ; Catchment areas ; Monitoring ; Models ; Energy generation ; Decision support systems ; Flooding ; Drought ; Snowmelt ; Reservoirs ; Dams ; Drainage systems ; Environmental impact ; Lakes ; Risk management ; Early warning systems
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.57 G000 SEN Record No: H046312)
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16 Amarnath, Giriraj. 2014. Earth observation data: monitoring floods and drought. Geospatial Today, 6(June):15-19.
Earth observation satellites ; Early warning systems ; Monitoring ; Climate change ; Flooding ; Drought ; Disaster prevention ; Farmers ; Remote sensing ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046465)
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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.
Earth observation satellites ; Satellite imagery ; Radar satellite ; Early warning systems ; Flood control ; Risk management ; Models ; Capacity building ; Rain ; Runoff ; Climate change ; Impact assessment ; Hydraulics ; Case studies ; Training materials / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Mundeni Aru Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046777)
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18 Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Fucugauchi, J. U.; Kijko, A.; Takeuchi, K.; Zaliapin, I. (Eds.) 2014. Extreme natural hazards, disaster risks and societal implications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 402p. (Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Series 1) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139523905]
Natural disasters ; Disaster risk management ; Environmental impact assessment ; Climate change ; Early warning systems ; Volcanic eruptions ; Earthquakes ; Landslides ; Hurricanes ; Tsunamis ; Flooding ; Sea level ; Ecosystems ; Models ; Precipitation ; Weather forecasting ; Hydrometeorology ; Geological process ; Satellite observation ; Remote sensing ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Capacity building ; Educational institutions ; Case studies ; Public-private cooperation / South America / Latin America / Africa / Middle East / Africa South of Sahara / Asia Pacific Region / Saudi Arabia / Iran / Thailand / Caribbean / Mexico / Madagascar / Australia / China / Japan / India / Afar Region / Mediterranean Region / Chao Phraya River / Wenchuan / Tohoku
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.34 G000 ISM Record No: H046897)
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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)
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Agricultural development ; Farming systems ; Early warning systems ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Sustainability ; Poverty ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Irrigation management ; Soil management ; Crop management ; Seeds ; Agricultural research ; Diversification ; Livestock management ; Rural finance ; Food production ; Food security ; Pest management ; Disease management ; Ecosystem services ; Rain water management / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G100 SPE Record No: H047090)
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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]
Weather forecasting ; Simulation models ; Remote sensing ; Radar satellite ; Satellite observation ; Assimilation ; Monsoon climate ; Rainfall patterns ; Hail ; Natural disasters ; Thunderstorms ; Cyclones ; Drought ; Temperature ; Clouds ; Early warning systems ; Diagnostic techniques ; Performance evaluation ; Statistical methods ; Agriculture ; Monitoring ; Assessment ; Coastal area ; Case studies / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Pakistan / Arabian Sea / Bay of Bengal / Uttar Pradesh / Gujarat / Bihar / Delhi / Uttarakhand / Cherrapunji
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.6 G570 RAY Record No: H047218)
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