NH51D:
2017 South East Asia Flooding

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Session ID#: 36561

Session Description:
Severe flooding recently hit South Asia resulting in tragic loss of life and extensive damage to property and the environment.   India, Bangladesh and Nepal have been particularly impacted, leaving an estimated 40 million affected and dramatically impacting critical infrastructure.  There has been a disproportional smaller awareness of these Southeast Asian events when compared with recent disasters in the US, despite the larger loss of lives and areal of extent. This session seeks contributions on the Southeast Asian Floods including characterization of the events and impacts, factors leading to their severity, and identification of areas where targeted scientific research and data collection could help build a more resilient society where lives are saved and economic losses are minimized.
Primary Convener:  Guido Cervone, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geography and Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Casey Brown, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States and Alfred J Kalyanapu, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, United States
Chairs:  Casey Brown, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States and Alfred J Kalyanapu, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Alfred J Kalyanapu, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
Index Terms:

1821 Floods [HYDROLOGY]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]

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