Country Problem window analyzed Mexico Asian financial crisis China Yangtze River flood 1998 Thailand Financial crisis 1997–98 Upper Ping River flood 2005 Indonesia Financial crisis 1997–98 Severe drought caused by El Niño Australia Severe drought 1990s Hungary Tisza River flood 1998, 2001, and 2006 Cyanide spill Tisza River 2000 Turkey Economic crisis of the 1980s Germany Rhine River flood 1993 and 1995 Elbe and Donau River floods 2002 The Netherlands Sea flood 1953 (Near) Rhine river floods 1993 and 1995 Extreme rainfall 1996 and 1998

B. Political windows

Country Political window analyzed United States Appointment of Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt 1993 Mexico Regime change 1990s Thailand Regime changes 1991, 1997, and 2006 Indonesia Regime change 1998 South Africa Regime change 1994 Hungary Elections 2002 and 2006 Spain Elections 1996 and 2004 Turkey Political crisis of the 1980s The Netherlands Elections 1973