Climate Change

Tree rings tell of Angkor's dying days

Archaeologists have long puzzled over the collapse of the mighty medieval Khmer kingdom in Southeast Asia best known for its resplendent capital, Angkor. New findings suggest that a decades-long drought at about the time the kingdom began fading away in the 14th century may have been a major culprit.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2009
Richard Stone
Science
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Monsoons, Climate Change, Drought, History, Vietnam, Richard Stone, Science
Climate Change

Climate change vulnerability mapping for Southeast Asia

This paper provides information on the sub-national areas (regions/districts/provinces) most vulnerable to climate change impacts in Southeast Asia. This assessment was carried out by overlaying climate hazard maps, sensitivity maps, and adaptive capacity maps following the vulnerability assessment framework of

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Arief Anshory Yusuf, Herminia A. Francisco
Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia
Tags:
Climate Change, IPCC, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Habitat And Urbanisation

Revitalization of historic inner-city areas in Asia: the potential for urban renewal in Ha Noi, Jakarta, and Manila

While cities in Asia and the Pacific have been concentrating on their conventional infrastructure requirements, many cities are still discovering how to deal with the challenge of urban renewal in a broader sense. Many cities in the region do own old or historic inner-city areas of considerable historic and cultural value.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Florian Steinberg
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India
Mining

 People refuse to give in to POSCO

As tribals protested in India, Vietnam set an example WHILE the Orissa government assured support to the South Korean steel giant posco to set up its 12-million-tonne steel project in the state, the communities likely to be affected staged a protest march in Delhi on November 15. The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to the project on August 8 this year. Even as the agitators in India

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, POSCO, Tribals, Conflicts, Supreme Court, Vietnam, Orissa (Odisha), Jagatsinghpur (D)
Climate Change

 News 360-Briefs

global warming Maldives seeks new homeland As rise in the sea level caused by global warming threatens low-lying islands across the world, Maldives is looking for a new territory to relocate to.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Organic Farming, GM Crops, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Endangered Species, Transport, Wildlife, Monkey, Auto Industry, Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, Vietnam, United States Of America (US), Environment Management
Biodiversity

Carbon and biodiversity: a demonstration atlas

This atlas demonstrates the potential for spatial analyses to identify areas that are high in both carbon and biodiversity. Such areas will be of interest to countries that wish to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use change and simultaneously
conserve biodiversity.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
UNEP
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Ecosystems, Forests, Atlas, Deforestation, Carbon Capture and Storage, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Asia, Vietnam, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Bolivia
Water Supply

In the pipeline: water for the poor investing in small piped water networks

The Small Piped Water Network (SPWN) tool kit was conceived and developed as a result of the lessons and experiences of the Asian Development Bank regional technical assistance: Implementing Pilot Projects for Small Piped Water Networks, as well as the experiences of professionals and development agencies implementing similar projects. The tool kit is intended to be

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Rural Water Supply, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India
Sanitation

Domestic wastewater management in South and Southeast Asia: the potential benefits of a decentralised approach

Owing to its enormous construction and maintenance costs, the management of wastewater in many urban centres of developing countries via a centralised wastewater management approach is very difficult. Often, untreated wastewater is directly discharged into adjacent natural water courses, causing a grave threat to both public health and the aquatic environment. A decentralised wastewater management approach is a prospective solution to overcome this adverse situation because of its low cost, simple operation and revenue return.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
A. S. M. Kamala, K. Goyera, T. Koottatepb & et al
Urban Water Journal
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Tags:
Wastewater Recycling, Developing Countries, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Sanitation, Asia, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Management
Natural Disasters

Tropical storm hits Vietnam, casualties feared

A tropical storm hit central Vietnam on Monday, threatening severe floods, landslides and substantial damage to coffee output from the world's second-largest producer of the crop.

Tropical Storm Noul, with winds of 88 kph (55 mph), made landfall around the beach resort of Nha Trang late on Monday and weakened to a tropical depression, state radio said.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2008
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Storms, Vietnam
Natural Disasters

Floods Kill At Least 120 In Vietnam, China

Flood water from southern China pushed up river levels in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, worsening inundations across a wide region that have killed at least 120 people on both sides of the border.

Flooding in northern and central Vietnam since last Friday has killed 86 people, including eight children, while 34 have died from flooding and mudslides in southwestern China.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2008
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, China, Vietnam

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