recent floods in south asia

... highinfant mortality in South Asia where access to clean drinking water is limited In the aridregions especially of Western India and Southern Pakistan shortages of water supply become acute during ... Withindustrial growth and urbanization, the demand for water in the industrial sector and intowns and cities is also increasing rapidly The problem is compounded by periodic droughts in certain ... significant changes in water resources availability and uses in South Asia The anthology “Climate Change and Water Resources in South Asia” is a timely contribution to improving knowledge on the

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... major river basins in South Asia By integrating hydrologic advances with existing water-balance techniques, newinsights into hydrologic processes and environmental impacts can be gained for climateimpact ... change scenarios for the river basins in South Asia Itexamines reduction of input variables for empirical modeling through the sensitivityanalysis of runoff to changes in temperature and precipitation ... sunshine hour, wind speed, information on characteristics of vegetation (whichmay include type of vegetation for estimating rooting depths), and soil (such as fieldcapacities and wilting points)

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... due to a decline in flooded area in the period 1987-1997. Available evidence indicates increasing flood damage in recent years in India. State governments estimated that flood damage in 1987 and ... Bangladesh is congested. In recent years, the role of deforestation in the upstream areas in causing flooding in the downstream areas of the GBM basins has triggered interesting debates (BWDB, 1987; ... km), floods annually inundate an area larger than half of Bangladesh. Available information shows that in recent years, flood damage in Nepal, India and Bangladesh is increasing. Substantial increases

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... flooding (sensitivity to flooding in terms of multiple metrics), we will do so in a way that can accommodate enormous uncertainty. We begin by characterizing the sources of uncertainty in our ... their banks and flood area in the adjoining floodplain. The determination of flood flows used the science of hydrology, while determining the extent of and depth of flooding was based on the science ... runoff including the Nile River basin, a river basin of the same spatial scale as the GBM basin. More specifically, the WATBAL model predicts changes in soil moisture according to an accounting

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... either singly or in combination, causes floods in Bangladesh The physical factors, either singly or in combination, include snow andglacier melt, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) induced conditions, ... sharprises and high flow velocities resulting from exceptionally heavy rainfall occurring over thehilly and mountainous regions in the neighboring India Riverine floods occur when floodwater of the ... themonsoon in June, all of the major rivers start swelling to the brim and bring flood waterfrom the upstream basin areas Rain floods are caused by intense local rainfall of longduration in the monsoon

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... gradual change in climate since mid 19th century, majority of mountain glaciers has been thinning and retreating which resulted in the formation of glacier lakes behind the end moraines of these ... Decrease in seepage across moraine due to sedimentation, • Blocking of an outlet by an advancing tributary glacier, • Melting of ice-core moraine wall or subterranean thermal activities, • Inter-basin ... offered by the Chinese Investigation Team (1973-1974) in its interior report (Yang, 1982 quoted in Xu and Quingua, 1994) In Nepal, the catastrophic outburst of Dig Tsho Lake in Eastern Nepal

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... (rains) creates thehavoc in India In case of floods, the swollen rivers with overflowing banks do the damage in floodplains Of late, flooding or water logging is becoming a major problem in urban ... monsoon in India is the Kerala Coast These Southwesterlies bring rain throughoutthe country, mainly to the South of the monsoon trough As the Southwest monsoonwinds blow over peninsular India they ... re-establishes itself South ofthe Himalayas, winter rains start to the Southeast coast near Tamil Nadu in India This isknown as the Northeast or the winter monsoon During the winter months, rain alsooccurs

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... begins in November and ends in February. Usually in winter there is not much fluctuation in temperature. The normal winter temperature ranges from a minimum of 7°C to a maximum of 31°C. The winter ... growth in rice production. Improvements in design and maintenance would result in further increase, especially if the drainage problem can be dealt with adequately. In a floodplain setting, some ... one agency being involved in the process, in May of 199 9, an inter-agency taskforce committee was constituted to integrate... to changes in climate parameters Increase in demand on

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... Trang 1Using the Adaptation Policy Framework to Assess Climate Risks and Response Measures in South Asia: The Case of Floods and Droughts in Bangladesh and India 11.1 INTRODUCTION South Asia is ... due to a heavy rainfall in the neighboring hills and mountains in India as well as in Bangladesh The normal period of flash flooding is late April to early May Riverine floods are caused by over ... monsoon flows in the major rivers and their distributaries Riverine floods may occur several times depending on timing and magnitude of rainfall in the basins and may prolong for months in the monsoon

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... catch! Grinding Capacity Expansion Bangladesh Footprint in Myanmar Footprint in Cambodia Footprint in Sumatra Capacity Expansion in East Java Footprint in Kalimantan Capacity Growth in South ... 25Indonesia is growing faster and gaining confidence Middle class population is growing fast GDP growth is promising Infrastructure investment priorities are set Indonesia’s investment ratings ... 11…paying back in increasing Operating EBITDA contribution 359 311 301 285 243 249 350 311 297 291 225 264 234 Q2 Q1 Development of operating EBITDA in South Asia / ASEAN (excl the Philippines),

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... Financing Priority Transport Corridors in South Asia .95 Spotlight Private Investment in Corridor Infrastructure 107 Spotlight The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Developing South ... Regional Integration from Three Historical Transport Corridors in South Asia 27 Mughal India, circa 1700: A Corridor Linking South and Central Asia .28 Bengal and the East India Company, ... the International Sava River Basin Commission, preparations continued against a backdrop of waning international influence in the domestic affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Without this international

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... Financing Priority Transport Corridors in South Asia 95 Spotlight 2 Private Investment in Corridor Infrastructure 107 Spotlight 3 The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Developing South Asia’s ... vision for South Asia that also presents a challenge South Asia has the poten-tial to be the world’s next middle-income region Connecting it to East Asia (including through Southeast Asia) can ... makers devising a financing strategy for a given design of corridor intervention can in principle consider the following options: • Increasing tax revenues or reallocating public spending that is

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... development indices for South Asian states Comparative development indices for South Asian states vis-à-vis regional averages Military manpower in South Asia 1989–2010 The defence burden in South Asia ... terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka 1986–2009 Total military spending in South Asia 1988–2011 Variables used to analyse military spending in South Asia Impulse response analysis for lag VAR GDPPC INFLA HCGDP ... explains why South Asian states suffer most by wars, that is, in accordance with our findings South Asian states’ relatively lower GDP produces longer and costlier spells of conflict This finding

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2020, 17:11

... remains is the group action In fact, fixed-effects models are designed to study the causes of changes within within-a group, within-assuming thwithin-at the time invwithin-ariwithin-ant chwithin-arwithin-acteristics ... services in developing countries In the meantime, their findings reveal that there may be some “disbenefits” in providing access to water, sanitation and hygiene, depending on the sequencing of investments, ... growth in South Asia, as the lack of scientific studies focusing on the particular issue for South Asia is a gap in existing literature A panel data econometric analysis was conducted including

Ngày tải lên: 09/02/2021, 13:41

... educational landscape of South Asia in recent years, taking the spotlight in academic research as well as the popular media The private sector is defined here in its broadest sense, including communities, ... enrollment seen in Figure 2, indicates that the expansion of private schooling is a recent phenomenon The stark increases in private school foundation in Bangladesh in the 1970s and in Pakistan in the ... the increasing trend in the share of private schooling in Nepal was already present An increasing trend can also be seen for all the three age groups in Pakistan, and for the 16-18 age group in

Ngày tải lên: 08/02/2022, 21:28

... and trends on the main MDG indicators including: the overall declining trends in TFR (except for Timor-Leste), contraceptive method mix in SEAR in the 2000s, trends in CPR in countries of the ... strengthening logistics management information system and routine recording and reporting; and building community awareness and Page 18 Strengthening Family Planning Programme in South-East Asia participation ... 14:10 Expanding contraceptive choice and addressing gender issues in accessing Family Planning service in India MOHFW, India Panel (continued) • Addressing low demand for FP service in TimorLeste

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... Background In conducting our research tracing three pharmaceuti-cals (Rifampicin, Fluoxetine and Oxytocin) from produc-tion to consumpproduc-tion in South Asia we became increasingly interested in participants’ ... trust in FDA’s regulatory processes there, the FDA also undermined trust in Indian producers within India The Indian regulatory body was again por-trayed as insufficiently stringent in monitoring ... without controlling the situation of bonus giving in India, there was little point in attempting to prevent the issue in Nepal alone Not surprisingly, perhaps, none of the participants in the system

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... plant/Yuxingcao Detoxification, treatment of infection, removing toxic heat, promoting drainage of pus and urination Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) [17] Prevention of urinary infection, ... Ooi Shing Ming for her assistance in experiments, Prof Baolin Guo, Herbar-ium of the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD) of the Chi-nese Academy of Medical Sciences (Beijing, China) ... Some medicinal plants used in traditional Chinese medi-cine are effective in treating various ailments caused by bacterial and oxidative stress As new drug-resistant bacte-ria strains emerge,

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... vitamins, and vitamin C. Vitamins in the B complex group are thiamin (B 1 ), riboflavin (B 2 ), niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, choline, folic acid and cobalamine (B 12 ). Vitamins, ... chlorinated or sanitized water for the broilers except when medication and vaccination are administered in the water. If not, the microbes in the drinking water will colonize in the birds’ intestines ... ducks. Good Practices in Poultry Production in South Asia 21 manufacturer’s instructions, and use the reconstituted vaccine within two hours after dilution. Vaccinate during the cooler hours...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20

... Eurasia a, o and asia -1, the way to go? 27 FMD vaccines and vaccination in India 27 FMD vaccines and vaccination in China 28 Current vaccines and their use in the design of vaccination programmes 30 FAO/OIE ... vaccine coverage, age of vaccinates, maintenance of the cold chain during vaccine shipping and application, and training of vaccinators for proper vaccine delivery. Addressing these elements are ... in South Asia –February 2012- New Delhi 23 FMD VACCINE RESEARH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA Ramamurthy Venkataramanan Indian Veterinary Research Institute Hebbal, Bangalore India In India, Foot...

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