Integrated Flood and Drought Mitigation Measures and Strategies: Case Study: The Mun River Basin, Thailand

ISBN-13: 9780367903787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 150 str.

Saowanit Prabnakorn

Opis

Floods and droughts are climate extremes that account for more than 80% of people affected by natural disasters worldwide. This study aims to assess floods and droughts and their impacts on agriculture at the basin scale and attempt to tackle them simultaneously and sustainably by using integrated measures and strategies.

Spis treści

General introduction,  Study area: the Mun River Basin, Thailand,  Climate variability, trends, and their impacts on rice yields,  Flood hazard assessment,  Drought hazard assessment,  Flood and drought mitigation measures and strategies,  Synthesis and main contributions & prospects of further research.

O autorze

Saowanit Prabnakorn is a Ph.D. fellow in the Water Science and Engineering Department of IHE Delft, the Netherlands. She obtained MSc in Hydraulic Engineering from (was) UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands in the year 2014. Her study abroad is fully supported by the Royal Thai Government. She also earned M.Econ. in Business Economics from the National Institute of Development Administration and B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from Mahidol University in Thailand. She has multidisciplinary backgrounds in both engineering and economics. Her primary research interests are hydrological climate impacts, i.e., flood, drought, flood modeling, and integrated water resources management focusing on agriculture.