Contents
1 Introduction: IRDR Young Scientists—Analysis
of Researchers and Key Research Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Riyanti Djalante and Rajib Shaw
Part I Characterisation of Hazard, Vulnerability, and Risk
2 Application of a Machine Learning Technique for Developing
Short-Term Flood and Drought Forecasting Models
in Tropical Mountainous Catchments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Paul Muñoz, Johanna Orellana-Alvear, and Rolando Célleri
3 Increasing Trends in Tropical Cyclone Induced Surge Impacts
Over North Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Md. Abdus Sattar and Kevin K. W. Cheung
4 Classifying the Forest Surfaces in Metropolitan Areas
by Their Wildfire Ignition Probability and Spreading
Capacity in Support of Forest Fire Risk Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Artan Hysa
5 An Overview of the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS)
Studies in Insufficiently Gauged Catchments: Approaches,
Challenges, and Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
M. F. Chow
6 Heat Vulnerability Index Development and Application
in Medan City, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Martiwi Diah Setiawati, Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, and Kensuke Fukushi
7 Comparative GIS-Based Assessment of Landslide
Susceptibility of Chepe River Corridor, Gandaki River Basin,
Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Kripa Shrestha, Udhab Raj Khadka, and Mandira Singh Shrestha
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1 Introduction: IRDR Young Scientists—Analysis
of Researchers and Key Research Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Riyanti Djalante and Rajib Shaw
Part I Characterisation of Hazard, Vulnerability, and Risk
2 Application of a Machine Learning Technique for Developing
Short-Term Flood and Drought Forecasting Models
in Tropical Mountainous Catchments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Paul Muñoz, Johanna Orellana-Alvear, and Rolando Célleri
3 Increasing Trends in Tropical Cyclone Induced Surge Impacts
Over North Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Md. Abdus Sattar and Kevin K. W. Cheung
4 Classifying the Forest Surfaces in Metropolitan Areas
by Their Wildfire Ignition Probability and Spreading
Capacity in Support of Forest Fire Risk Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Artan Hysa
5 An Overview of the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS)
Studies in Insufficiently Gauged Catchments: Approaches,
Challenges, and Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
M. F. Chow
6 Heat Vulnerability Index Development and Application
in Medan City, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Martiwi Diah Setiawati, Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, and Kensuke Fukushi
7 Comparative GIS-Based Assessment of Landslide
Susceptibility of Chepe River Corridor, Gandaki River Basin,
Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Kripa Shrestha, Udhab Raj Khadka, and Mandira Singh Shrestha
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