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Examining the storm protection services of mangroves of Orissa during the 1999 cyclone – A special article in EPW

This special article in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) by Saudamini Das examines whether the mangrove forests in Kendrapada district of Orissa played any protective role during the severe cyclone that hit the state in October 1999. Mangroves are tropical and subtropical coastal forests that grow in inter-tidal saline areas and estuary mouths between the land and the sea. These ecosystems provide a bunch of direct and indirect services to humankind.

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Examining the storm protection services of mangroves of Orissa during the 1999 cyclone – A special article in EPW (2011)	626.94 KB

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Kendrapada, OR, India
Latitude: 20.500000, Longitude: 86.416667

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Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Cyclone, Cyclone Damage, Disaster, Ecosystems, Estuary, Mangrove, Mangrove Forests, Mangrove Protection, Salinity, Storm Protection Services, Storm Surges
Associated People / Organizations: Institute of Economic Growth (IEG)
Author: Saudamini Das
Source: Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)
Location / Time: Barunei, Bay of Bengal, Bhadrak, India, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Mahakalpada, Mahanadi, Orissa, Puri, Rajnagar, 1999, 2011
Difficulty Level: Expert

Canacona flash floods (2009): Reports submitted by the National Institute of Oceanography to the Government of Goa

These reports by the Canacona Flash Floods Study Committee constituted by the Government of Goa deal with the damage caused by the Canacona flash floods of October 2, 2009. The report is based on a study carried out with the help of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and attempts to (1) assemble and analyse available information to describe and identify causes behind the flash floods, and (2) suggest measures to be adopted in Goa to minimise damage arising from similar episodes in future.

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Proposed landslide mapping method for Canacona region - A report by NIO (2011)	792.4 KB
GRASS GIS based methodology: Flash flood risk assessment in Goa - A report by NIO (2010)	1.94 MB
Watch-keeping mechanism - A report by NIO (2010)	1.51 MB

Location

Panaji, GA, India
Latitude: 15.495602, Longitude: 73.825209

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Content Type: Research
Category: Afforestation, Cyclone, De-silting, Disaster, Disaster Management, Disaster Management Plan, Forest Management, Intense Precipitation Event, Landslide, Meteorology, Precipitation, River Management, Rivers
Author: V Vijith, P M Kessarkar, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), K Suprit, K Srinivas, D Sundar, Aravind Kalla, A K Chaubey
Source: National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)
Location / Time: Assagao, Bicholim, Canacona, Dabolim, Goa, India, Khandola, Mapusa, Margao, Marmugao, Nuvem, Old Goa, Panaji, Pernem, Ponda, Quepem, Sanguem, Taleigao, Talpona, Valpoi, Verem, 2009
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Special Tags: General

Drought 2009: Overview and management – A report by the Ministry of Agriculture

This document on the management of drought during 2009 published by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture presents the deficiency and erratic behavior of rainfall, impact of drought, mitigation efforts initiated and their results. During the deficient and erratic rainfall of South-West monsoon 2009, fourteen States declared drought/ drought like situation/ scarcity in 338 districts of the country.Read More

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Drought 2009: Overview and management – A report by the Ministry of Agriculture	91.58 MB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Cyclone, Drought, Drought Management, Drought Mitigation, Irrigation, Long Period Average (LPA), Meteorology, Monsoon, Rainfall, Water Scarcity
Author: Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (Ministry of Agriculture)
Source: Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (Ministry of Agriculture)
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, 2009, 2010
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Hydrological aspects of flood disaster management - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The report deals with the hydrological aspects of flood disaster management, a multi-disciplinary field that endeavors to enhance the total productivity of the flood plains wherein losses are only a part of it. There are climatological and part-climatological causes of flooding and basin conditions, channel conditions and network conditions intensify floods.Read More

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Hydrological aspects of flood disaster management by NIH (1997-98)	979.87 KB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Breach, Cyclone, Dam Break Analysis, Disasters, Discharge, Flood Disaster Management (FDM), Flood Inundation, Flood Modeling, Flood Plains, Floods, Flow, Hydrodynamics, Landslide, Mathematical Modeling, Morphology, River Basins, Rivers, Sediment, Water Level
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, 1997, 1998
Difficulty Level: Expert

Space time distribution of rainfall in the catchment of Yeleru river downstream of Yeleswaram - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The study attempts to do a space-time distribution of rainstorms associated with the tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal over a period of 20 years from 1976 to 1996.

The magnitude of peak flood and shape of the flood hydrograph depends not only on the magnitude of the total storm rainfall but also on its distribution in space and time. Improvements of the accuracy and timeliness of hydrological forecasting would thus largely depend on the prediction of rainfall distribution in space and time.Read More

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Space-Time distribution of rainfall in the catchment of Yeleru river downstream of Yeleswaram by NIH (1996-97)	824.63 KB

Location

Yeleswaram, AP, India
Latitude: 17.286510, Longitude: 82.109909

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Content Type: Research
Category: Catchment, Cyclone, Cyclonic Storm, Disasters, Flood, Flood Hydrograph, Isohyets, Peak Flood, Rainfall, Rainstorms, Rivers, Space-Time Distribution, Storm Duration, Storm Spell, Watershed
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Bay of Bengal, India, Yeleru, Yeleswaram, 1996, 1997
Difficulty Level: Expert

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Examining the storm protection services of mangroves of Orissa during the 1999 cyclone – A special article in EPW

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Drought 2009: Overview and management – A report by the Ministry of Agriculture

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