... Japan teranishi@adrc.or.jp THONGKAMCHOON Apichart, Hat Yai Municipality, Thailand TOTRAKOOL Drinya, Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand drinya@sea-user.org ... countries of Asia, IFA explores a number of recent cases of big floods in Japan, Russia, Vietnam and Thailand; results of research in Burma/Myanmar, Bangladesh and India is also taken into account. ... of Asia, including legislation and regulations, administrative organs at different levels, action plans and strategies, financial mechanisms, wide range of tools and measures (structural and...