Is flooding in S outh A sia getting worse and more frequent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20154065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vishwas S Kale (Department of Geography University of Pune India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-178 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12060 |
| OpenAlex | W2098645833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 41 |
S outh A sia is drained by some of the most flood‐prone rivers in the world. Flooding during the monsoon season is the most recurring, widespread and disastrous natural hazard in S outh A sia that results in enormous social, economic and environment consequences every year. Several massive floods have occurred in the recent decades causing huge economic losses and human suffering. On average, the total damage is close to USD 1 billion annually. To answer the question whether flooding in S outh A sia is getting worse and more frequent, all available data were considered: the annual peak discharge data for major rivers, post‐1985 information on floods from the global archive of large floods and palaeoflood records from nine Indian rivers. According to the global archive data, 372 large and 55 extreme flood events have occurred since 1985. Although there is no significant trend, all types of data point to clustering of large floods. Palaeoflood records show that modern floods (post‐1950) have higher flood levels than the late Holocene floods. Notwithstanding the limitations of data, there is enough evidence to conclude that (1) incidences of flood‐generating extreme rainfall event are rising and (2) human interventions have made the recent floods more destructive
Archaeology · Flood myth · Flooding (psychology) · Geography · Hazard · Meteorology · Monsoon · Natural disaster · Natural hazard · Ecology · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Abrupt changes in the Asian southwest monsoon during the Holocene and their links to the North Atlantic Ocean
Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate
A 900‐year (600 to 1500 A.D.) record of the Indian summer monsoon precipitation from the core monsoon zone of India
Increase in the Asian Southwest Monsoon During the Past Four Centuries
Increasing Trend of Extreme Rain Events Over India in a Warming Environment
A 5000-yr Record of Climate Change in Varved Sediments from the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Pakistan, Northeastern Arabian Sea
Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium
Are floods getting worse in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna basins
Instrumental period rainfall series of the Indian region (AD 1813—2005)
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