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Santosh Nepal
sanepal at icimod.org
Thu Jun 7 04:53:02 CDT 2007
Dear Tek,
Can you send this information to dipecho at disasterpreparedness.icimod.org.
It directly goes to the moderator for approval. Additionaly, the email ID
of climatehimalayan will appear as a sender by this process.
All the best!
Santosh
At 03:18 PM 6/7/2007, you wrote:
>Dear Santosh,
>
>You may like to send this message to your network. Please use email ID
><mailto:climatehimalaya at gmail.com>climatehimalaya at gmail.com while sending
>the message out.
>
>Best,
>Tek
>
>...................................
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>We are pleased to share the synthesis report of the E-conference on
>"Climate Change and the Himalayan Glaciers", held from 7 May 2007 to 30
>May 2007 to celebrate the World Environment Day (WED 2007) in Nepal and
>the Himalayas. The event was organised by ClimateHimalaya, a voluntary
>(and loose) electronic network of climate change professionals working
>across the region. ClimateHimalaya is a pilot project of the
>Environmentalists' Association of Nepal and aims to develop a mechanism in
>which all regional and international experts working in this region can
>interplay to produce better information to tackle various issues related
>to climate change and its subsequent effect on different landscapes and at
>different ecological levels. Present e-conference is the first attempt
>toward attaining this goal.
>
>Attached synthesis report (contributor-wise) of the E-conference on
>"Climate Change and the Himalayan Glaciers" was released on 5 June 2007 by
>the Environmentalists' Association of Nepal, jointly with the Ministry of
>Environment, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal on the occasion
>of World Environment Day 2007 at the national event organised by the
>ministry at Birendra International Convention Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.
>
>Thematic synthesis report and complete proceedings are under preparation
>and will be released in or before December 2007.
>
>During the e-conference, we received about 161 entries from around 150
>participants representing 26 countries of Africa, Asia, Europe and North
>America. Out of this about 60% were from Himalayan countries and rest from
>other parts of the world.
>
>We like to take this opportunity to thank you all who have contributed to
>make this e-conference a big success.
>
>The report can also be accessed online and downloaded from the event site
>at <http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/synthesis.htm>
>
>Your support to circulate this information to a wider reach would be
>highly appreciated.
>
>...
>Sincerely,
>
>Mr. Tek Jung Mahat, Dr. Madan Koirala, Mr. Laxman Belbase and Mr. Parveen
>Chhetri
>ClimateHimalaya
>E-mail: <mailto:climatehimalaya at gmail.com>climatehimalaya at gmail.com
>Web:
><http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/index.htm>http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/index.htm
>Discussion archive of the E-conference on "Climate Change and the
>Himalayan Glaciers":
><http://groups.google.com/group/climatehimalaya>http://groups.google.com/group/climatehimalaya
>
>...Be responsible and put moral pressure over others to become responsible...
>
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>Dear Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners,
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>This week, we have posted 15 documents on our website
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/>www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org.
>A list of these documents along with a descriptive list are presented below.
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>We are continually enriching our website with disasters related
>information. We sincerely thank the members who have contributed.
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>New documents on
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/>www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org
>from 28 May – 7 June, 2007
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> List of documents (Click on document name to scroll down to
> description)
>1. Water Resource Management in Bangladesh: A Policy Review
>2. Decision Support System for Floodwater Spreading Site
>Selection in Iran
>3. Earthquake Relief and Recovery: Processes and Principles
>4. Flood Risk Management Policy in the Upper Tisza Basin: A
>System Analytical Approach Simulation and Analysis of Three Flood
>Management Strategies
>5. Data and Information Management for Integrated Hydrological
>and Meteorological Networks
>6. Flood Management and Local Adaptation Strategies
>7. Development of the Flood Forecasting and warning system in
>Bangladesh
>8. Integrated Hydrometeorological Network Design and Operation
>for Flood Forecasting
>9. Flood Management in Integrated River Basin Management
>10. Use of short– and Long-term Meteorological Information in Flood
>Forecasting
>11. An Integrated Hydrological-Hydraulic Modelling Approach for Flood
>Forecasting
>12. Telecommunication Systems for Real-time Hydrometeorological Data
>Collection and Transmission for the HKH Region
>13. State-of-the-art Methods of Hydrological and Meteorological Data
>Acquisition Systems for Flood Forecasting
>14. Flood Mitigation Strategies for the Red River Delta
>15. The Use of Historical Data in Flood Frequency Estimation
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>Descriptive List (Click on the title to reach the documents in detail)
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>1. DFID (2007),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=water
>resources management in
>Bangladesh&Start=0&link_id=b2c108f916447cc73a689c4fe4457736>Water Resource
>Management in
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=water
>resources management in
>Bangladesh&Start=0&link_id=b2c108f916447cc73a689c4fe4457736>Bangladesh: A
>Policy Review, The Department for International Development (DFID), UK
>
>
>This paper represents the policy review for the water sector in
>Bangladesh. The paper begins with a brief history of water resources
>management in Bangladesh and goes on to consider the development of the
>current water policy.
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>2. Zarkesh, M. K. (2005),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=Iran&Start=0&link_id=6921c2444345624e94929a71fb53e47c>Decision
>Support System for Floodwater Spreading Site Selection in
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=Iran&Start=0&link_id=6921c2444345624e94929a71fb53e47c>Iran<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=Iran&Start=0&link_id=6921c2444345624e94929a71fb53e47c>,
>Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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>This thesis deals with developing a Decision Support System (DSS) to
>assist decisions as to where the most suitable catchments and associated
>infiltration areas are and to work out options of types of schemes, which
>are adjusted to the characteristics of the selected infiltration area (the
>site available).
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>3. Bhatti, A. (2005),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=Earthquake
>Relief and Recovery: Processes and
>Principles&Start=0&link_id=698ccdfc6891ee80625e9b7435c43a84>Earthquake
>Relief and Recovery: Processes and Principles, Rural Development Policy
>Institute, Practical Action, Duryog Nivaran
>
>This technical brief is an attempt to provide planners, managers and
>implementers with background concepts, planning tools and implementation
>methods for a more sustainable and holistic recovery and rehabilitation of
>disaster-hit areas and communities.
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>4. Ekenberg, L.; Brouwers, L.; Danielson, M.; Hansson, K.;
>Johannson, J.; Riabacke, A.; Vári A. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=Tisza&Start=0&link_id=dc03ecc89a1de7a17059b6219371ada8>Flood
>Risk Management Policy in the Upper Tisza Basin: A System Analytical
>Approach Simulation and Analysis of Three Flood Management Strategies,
>International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
>
>
>
>This report describes an integrated flood catastrophe model as well as
>some results of a case study made in the Upper Tisza region in
>northeastern Hungary: the Palad-Csecsei basin (the pilot basin). The main
>purpose of this report not is to provide any definite recommendations, but
>rather to explore a set of policy packages that could gain a consensus
>among the stakeholders.
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>5. Pokhrel, P. A.; Gautam, D. K. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=606f819c221c769f7c4ac51efec4e9c4>Data
>and Information Management for Integrated Hydrological and Meteorological
>Networks, presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster
>Mitigation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for
>Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
>
>The implementation of data and information management cycles consists of
>first assessing the data and information requirements of the users and
>then delivering the information to them in a useable format. The latter
>implies the acquisition of data and information, transfer of data, quality
>control, the building and maintenance of databases, the retrieval and
>analysis of data, the dissemination of data and information, and the
>evaluation of data and information application. This paper describes in
>brief how these different steps can be implemented for the effective
>management of data and information in integrated hydrological and
>meteorological networks.
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>6. Ahrnad, Q. K. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=97368152897a94e52a6cc888965a01ce>Flood
>Management and Local Adaptation
>Strategies<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=606f819c221c769f7c4ac51efec4e9c4>,
>presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster Mitigation in the
>Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
>Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
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>
>
>Local adaptation consists of adjustments and responses at the local level
>to face a flood hazard so as to minimise the adverse consequences. People
>in flood affected areas have learnt to deal with certain aspects of
>flood—for example, by adjusting crop calendar, keeping in store certain
>commodities, temporary migration of children and old and sick people,
>arranging safe drinking water, and procurement of usually needed
>medicines. Obviously, the knowledge at the local level acquired over
>centuries can be put to proper use if the local people have the capacity
>to do so.
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>7. Hossain, A.N.H.A (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=04fcbf519fa4c17b4700d62b656d41f0>Development
>of the Flood Forecasting and Warning System in
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=04fcbf519fa4c17b4700d62b656d41f0>Bangladesh,
>presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster Mitigation in the
>Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
>Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
>
>This paper discusses the development of the flood forecasting and warning
>system in Bangladesh from its inception in the 1970s through to the latest
>and most advanced systems now in use.
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>8. Dahe, Q. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=390dbc060c5969d672ed8c7a3e214b1c>Integrated
>Hydrometeorological Network Design and Operation for Flood Forecasting,
>presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster Mitigation in the
>Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
>Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
>
>In this paper, the information requirements for flood forecasting are
>analysed and the key technical features of an operational information
>network are outlined. A case study of the Jiangxi provincial river basin
>forecasting system in China is given. Suggestions for enhancing the
>backbone of the regional information network in the HKH region are discussed.
>
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>9. Prasad, R. S. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=34f53450bcc8e42591fa824352f4e0ae>Flood
>Management in Integrated River Basin
>Management<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=606f819c221c769f7c4ac51efec4e9c4>,
>presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster Mitigation in the
>Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
>Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
>
>This paper deals with flood management in the development of river basins.
>Various aspects of flooding and its management by both structural and
>non-structural measures are discussed, together with the experience gained
>in adopting these measures in India during the last five decades and case
>studies.
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>10. Singh, S.V.; Kar, S.C.; Ravindranath, M.; Lyengar, G.R.; Das,
>Someshwar D.; Rajagopal, E.N. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=555308e966246ddbd33f208a43bebb6a>Use
>of short– and Long-term Meteorological Information in Flood Forecasting,
>presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster Mitigation in the
>Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
>Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
>
>The forecasting meteorological conditions that will lead to excessive
>rainfall in the Gangetic-Brahmaputra basin is important since it can
>provide the information needed to issue flood forecast warnings with
>longer lead times. The National Center for Medium Range Weather
>Forecasting has been producing medium range (up to four days) weather
>forecasts for the past ten years by running global circulation models on
>supercomputers. These numerical models have full physics capabilities and
>can utilise both conventional and satellite data whether received from the
>regional telecommunication hub in New Delhi or downloaded from other
>sites. The global circulation model can predict several days in advance
>the meteorological conditions that produce flood conditions, these include
>the movement of lows and depressions, and monsoon troughs.
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>11. Paudyal, G. N. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=c6bc20a7202e035f6303c3a905866c2f>An
>Integrated Hydrological-Hydraulic Modelling Approach for
>Flood<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=c6bc20a7202e035f6303c3a905866c2f>
>Forecasting<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=c6bc20a7202e035f6303c3a905866c2f>,
>presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood Disaster Mitigation in the
>Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
>Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
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>
>
>This paper deals with the scientific aspects of a flood forecasting system
>based on an integrated hydrological and hydraulic modelling approach. The
>components of a flood forecasting system include data acquisition and
>management, rainfall-runoff modelling (for simulating catchment
>processes), hydrodynamic modelling (for modelling the routing of unsteady
>flows through rivers and floodplains), and predicting water levels and flows.
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>12. Paulson, R.W.; Schneider, V.R. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=de10d7e3f20c1d474f069a3df001724f>Telecommunication
>Systems for Real-time Hydrometeorological Data Collection and Transmission
>for the HKH Region, presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood
>Disaster Mitigation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International
>Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
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>Applications appropriate to the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna GBM Basin for
>small-scale monitoring networks may include line-of-sight radio or
>land-line based telephony systems. Increasingly in some small-scale areas,
>cellular telephones may be appropriate. For monitoring hydrometeorology
>throughout the entire GMB basin, appropriate technologies include
>polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites and meteor burst, though there
>are important cost-of-access and institutional issues with respect to
>satellite-based systems.
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>13. Awan, S. A. (2003),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=7&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=f30f300d753d8dded78ae5db4837b129>State-of-the-art
>Methods of Hydrological and Meteorological Data Acquisition Systems for
>Flood Forecasting, presented in the Regional Cooperation for Flood
>Disaster Mitigation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, International
>Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
>
>The hydrological data required to determine flow condition in the channels
>are based on stage flow data (collected at appropriate time intervals),
>reservoir level measurements, and channel flow characteristics. Data
>acquisition can be in situ or remotely sensed. In situ meteorological data
>is obtained from an observation network of fixed sites; remotely sensed
>data is required in areas where it is not possible to establish such a
>network. There is a wide range of equipment available for hydrological and
>precipitation measurement at different levels of sophistication and cost.
>Detailed analysis is required before selecting the appropriate equipment
>for a specific purpose and situation.
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>14. Karin, H. and Love Ekenberg, L. (2002),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=delta&Start=0&link_id=287e4150b6c73e3655a3eaccb5e0f0b8>Flood
>Mitigation Strategies for the
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=delta&Start=0&link_id=287e4150b6c73e3655a3eaccb5e0f0b8>Red
>River Delta, Presented at "The Commons in an Age of Globalisation," the
>Ninth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common
>Property, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, June 17-21, 2002.
>
>
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>This article identifies possible policy strategies for coping with complex
>environmental and social decisions with flood risk involved; using the Red
>River delta in Vietnam as a case for investigating various mitigation
>strategies. The delta is densely populated and many people are at risk of
>flood. The paper is concluded by an outline of a model used for policy
>scenario simulations and decision support."
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>15. Bayliss, A. C.; Reed, D. W. (March 2001),
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=flood
>frequency&Start=0&link_id=283953f65b5d622e31346b3181352527>The Use of
>Historical Data in Flood Frequency
>Estimation<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=&keyword=flood
>frequency&Start=0&link_id=283953f65b5d622e31346b3181352527>, Centre for
>Ecology and Hydrology, UK
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>This report gives guidance on locating and evaluating historical flood
>information. It reviews methods for incorporating historical data into
>flood frequency estimates and includes a case study that serves to
>illustrate the procedures described.
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