Editor’s choice
Editor’s choice
Based on a literature review, this brief identifies gaps and potential future research areas for more effective flood management in the Mekong Region.
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In the Mekong Region, in the context of climate change and the future socioeconomic development of the region, it is essential to pursue more effective and holistic flood risk management to maximize the benefits that seasonal flooding brings while also limiting the negative impacts of flood disasters.
This brief presents the key findings and recommendations of a review of the literature that seeks to understand the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to flood risk management and governance in the Mekong Region, with the purpose of identifying gaps and potential future research areas.
Journal article / This article investigates how the 2011 floods in Central Thailand affected small and mid-sized businesses and how successfully they have recovered
Perspective / This new book aims to sensitize policy agendas and responses to disaster and climate-related hazards to the complexities of human mobility.
Perspective / SEI and its partners are developing a new seasonal river morphological monitoring and warning system to help with flood forecasting in Myanmar.
