Xin Yi Chong

Monash University (Malaysia) · Engineering

Flooding remains a persistent and ongoing challenge in Malaysia, posing continuous difficulties and hardships; therefore, combating flood risk has become a main priority for sustainable development in this country. The application of sophisticated engineering in hard structure approaches and flood control systems are often incongruous to the public...

There are limited data for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from smallholder agricultural systems in tropical peatlands, with data for non-CO2 emissions from human-influenced tropical peatlands particularly scarce. The aim of this study was to quantify soil CH4 and N2 O fluxes from smallholder agricultural systems on tropical peatlands in Southeast A...

Climate change have led to extreme weather events such as higher rainfall frequency that can cause severe flooding. In Malaysia, there is an increasing trend on extreme rainfall events and short temporal rainfall, particularly during the inter-monsoon season. In order to protect private properties and public premises from flooding, Mobile Flood Wal...

Study region Sarawak, Malaysia. Study focus This paper presents a framework (‘HyFFlow’) designed to provide a systematic characterisation of river flow regimes. HyFFlow consists of four packages, together yielding information on rainfall and flow patterns. They include analyses to identify and characterise different types of high flow event, based...

A major programme of dam building is underway in many of the world's tropical countries. This raises the question of whether existing research is sufficient to fully understand the impacts of dams on tropical river systems. This paper provides a systematic review of what is known about the impacts of dams on river flows, sediment dynamics and geomo...