"Global Warming" in "Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief"

By Penuel, K. Bradley, Statler, Matthew and Golson, J. Geoffrey, SAGE, 2010.

Billions of dollars and millions of people are involved in disaster relief, yet catastrophes around the world continue to take an enormous toll in human lives and treasure. Some disaster-relief efforts are more successful than others, with national governments playing a pivotal role. The response to the tsunami of 2004 can be cited among focused international efforts, while the ongoing relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and the recent Myanmar typhoon can be cited as more problematic. The international community is watching as China copes in new ways with the recent earthquake in Sichuan province.
Not a mere catalog of disasters, this encyclopedia covers the response to disasters, from governments to NGOs, from charities to politics, from refugees to health, and from economics to international relations.  Entries cover issues in both historical and contemporary context, with information on disaster relief around the world. The volumes include information relevant to students of sociology, national security, economics, health sciences, political science, emergency preparedness, history, agriculture, and many other subjects. The goal is to help readers appreciate the importance of the effects, responsibilities, and ethics of disaster relief, and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific cultural, scientific, and topical articles contained within the work.

"Risk Management" in "Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief"

By Penuel, K. Bradley, Statler, Matthew and Golson, J. Geoffrey, SAGE, 2010.

Billions of dollars and millions of people are involved in disaster relief, yet catastrophes around the world continue to take an enormous toll in human lives and treasure. Some disaster-relief efforts are more successful than others, with national governments playing a pivotal role. The response to the tsunami of 2004 can be cited among focused international efforts, while the ongoing relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and the recent Myanmar typhoon can be cited as more problematic. The international community is watching as China copes in new ways with the recent earthquake in Sichuan province.
Not a mere catalog of disasters, this encyclopedia covers the response to disasters, from governments to NGOs, from charities to politics, from refugees to health, and from economics to international relations.  Entries cover issues in both historical and contemporary context, with information on disaster relief around the world. The volumes include information relevant to students of sociology, national security, economics, health sciences, political science, emergency preparedness, history, agriculture, and many other subjects. The goal is to help readers appreciate the importance of the effects, responsibilities, and ethics of disaster relief, and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific cultural, scientific, and topical articles contained within the work.

Stream Ecology and Low Flows (SELF)

Guest Editor in Chief, International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, 12, F08, 2008

Special issue of "International Journal of Ecological
Economics and Statistics" (IJEES) was on "Stream
Ecology and Low Flow". Original research papers or
reviews were invited in the following and related
areas:

-River Economic
-River Quality Modeling
-Pollution Minimization
-Ecological Education
-Sustainable Development Modeling
-Case Studies
-Arid Zone River Ecology
-Human & Stream Ecology
-Ecological Management Modeling
-Stream Physical, Chemical & Biological Treatment
Processes
-River Statistics and Classification
-Water Reuse
-Ecological Problems and Health Risk Assessment
-Hydrological Analysis of Low Flows

Basin Ecology and Environment (BEE)

Guest Editor in Chief, International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics, 13, W09, 2009.

Flood Frequency Analysis

Arkan Publisher, 2002

Application of Statistical Methods in Environmental Sciences

Arkan Publisher, 2004.

Application of Statistical Methods in Water Resources

Noupardazan Publisher, 2009

Water Reuse

Water and Wastewater Publisher, 2010

Using Nanotechnology For Water Treatment

Water and Wastewater Publisher, 2010

Regional Flood Frequency Analysis Using a New Region of Influence Approach

Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of New South Wales, School of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Water Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1995, Supervised by: Professor David H. Pilgraim, 380 P.

This investigation develops a new method, called the "Region of Influence" (RI) approach, to improve at-site estimates of extreme flow quantiles based on statistical and physical characteristics of the surrounding stream gauging stations. One main advantage of this approach over the traditional regional methods is that geographically dispersed sites in a "Region of Influence" of the reference site, are more likely to be independent of each other. Such "regions" are more hydrologiclly homogeneous than the traditionally defined regions. Statistical properties of flood data are needed for inclusion in the similarity distance algorithm and for estimating flood quantiles. Using the partial flood series, a number of distributions were tested by three fitting tests with data sets from 61 stream gauging stations located in south-eastern New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The successful distributions were the Log Pearson Type 3, the Wakeby, and the Pearson Type 3 for specific ranges of log skew. The criteria for choice of a set of the statistical and physical attributes of catchments and the effect of interaction between attributes on the defined regions are determined. The choice of the threshold value of the similarity distance and the associated sensitivity are discussed. The identification of regional outlier sites and their effects on standardization process of the attributes are also investigated. The effect of the combination of physical attributes with statistical one on the defined regions are evaluated. The associated flood frequency curves with the RI approach based on different combination of attributes are compared with observed at-site estimates. The steps for application of the RI approach to the gauged and ungauged sites are detailed. As a consequence, a physically-statistically based and a physically based RI approach has been recommended for improvement or estimation of flood quantiles of the gauged and ungauged sites in south-eastern NSW, respectively. Region of Influence Approach / Australia / Flood Frequency / Rainfall / Runoff / Catchments Djokic, Dean, Supervisor University of New South Wales, School of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Water Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia University of New South Wales, School of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Water Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia