Human impact and financial loss of floods in Southeast Asia, from 2007 to 2011

Earth system governance: Local cases, global options

“…From 2007 to 2011, the estimated damages from floods in six countries of Southeast Asia amounted to almost 4.7 billion US dollars. During these years, 31% and 28.7% of flood events occurred in the Philippines and Indonesia, respectively (Kouadio et al, 2012). The Philippines, Mekong River delta region of Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand were among the most vulnerable areas in Southeast Asia (Yusuf & Francisco, 2009).…”

Reducing potential disaster impacts in irrigated rice fields in West Java

“…It is reported that there is an increasing water scarcity in irrigated rice fields because of competing water users (Bouman et al, 2007b, Pandey et al 2007. Kouadio et al, (2012) also mentioned that flood events in six Southeast Asia countries from 2007 to 2011 have affected 25 million people and caused regional economic losses, reaching up to 4.6 billion USD.…”