the artificial recharge of groundwater (arg), where practicable, is an easy and economical method for desertification control in the arid and semi-arid zones where overpumping has critically lowered the watertable. although desiltation of floodwaters, which is a prerequisite for the arg, leads to rehabilitation of the eroded sites that house the sedimentation basins (sbs), the gradual imper...

This study establishes a general methodology to account for the effects of amount disaster debris generated, dispersal, duration floodwater pooling events like tsunamis, and damage infrastructure on initial time evolution connectivity between critical facilities key locations within community such as evacuation zones shelters. The proposed is applied Seaside, OR, cascading seismic tsunami hazar...

The mass emergence of floodwater mosquitoes, in particular Aedes sticticus and Aedes vexans, causes substantial nuisance and reduces life quality for inhabitants of infested areas and can have a negative impact on the socio-economic conditions of a region. We compared the previous, present, and predicted geographic distribution of Ae. sticticus in Sweden. Previous records from the literature un...

Four experimental formulations of the microbial insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (serotype H-14) were evaluated in the field against larvae of the floodwater mosquitoes Aedes nigromaculis and Psorophora columbiae with ground and aerial application methods. The formulations included ABG-6108D (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.), a wettable powder containing about 400 IU...

As one of the costliest and most frequent natural disasters, flood is a major threat to human lives property. Flood forecasting, simulation, monitoring plays an important role in disaster relief mitigation. With support from JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System) Proving Ground Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program, VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) global 375-m products near real-time, da...