Thailand verpflichtet sich auf Katastrophenvorsorge konzentrieren
Thailand wurde vielfach kritisiert, im vergangenen Jahr für seine mangelnde Bereitschaft zur Flutkatastrophe, Milliardenhöhe verursacht wirtschaftliche Schäden, und eine sehr hohe Verluste. Wenigstens 800 Personen starben während der Überflutung Folge von 2011. Nun ist die Nachricht thailändischen Behörden sind bereit, zu veröffentlichen, ist recht unkompliziert: it won’t More...
Thailand versicherten Schäden höchste jemals in 2011 bei $ 12Bln
Im vergangenen Jahr haben die höchsten wirtschaftlichen Verluste in der Geschichte, at USD 370 Mrd. Die Versicherungsbranche 2011 solide trotz erleben die zweitgrößte jemals versicherten Schäden, at USD 116 Milliarden. 2011 also brought More...
Thai government to invest $165M in dykes
The Thai government will partly fund construction of a series of flood-protection dykes around all industrial estates with the budget of five billion baht, Payungsak Chartsutipol, Chairman of the Federation of Thai More...
Thailand to invest Bt30 billion ($1Bln) in riverside flood walls
Following the Constitution Court ruling on Wednesday in favour of the legality of two executive financial decrees, one urgent task is to construct riverside flood prevention walls with a budget of at least Bt30 More...
Nur 30% of flooded factories back on tracks
Über 30 % of Thailand factories hit by flooding last year have resumed production, lower than the number originally targeted, according to Witoon Simachokdee, Permanent Secretary for Industry. More...
How to Prevent Urban Flooding Risk in East Asia and Pacific
Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge for fast growing low and middle-income countries in East Asia, underscoring an urgent need to build flood risk management into regular planning of cities More...
Flooding: Do we have a Dam plan?
Thai government have been busy lately setting up commissions, agencies and various work groups to handle properly the flooding problem before next rainy season starts. The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to set up a More...
Climate change or Thailand’s curse: after flooding, drought
Still recovering from last year’s record flooding, Thailand is now facing a new natural disaster: drought. Several provinces in northern Thailand face a shortage of water for household use and farming as rainfall More...
Thailand’s manufacturing powerhouse key to regional economy
The muddy floodwaters in Thailand having receded, one of the truths to emerge will be just how important the Thai economy is in both regional and global terms. More...
Natural disasters costlier than ever in Asia
Natural disasters in Asia in 2011 could well prove to be the costliest ever, experts say. ”Never before has this world suffered so much economic loss due to natural disaster, most of which has been in Asia More...
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