This paper reviews the concept of adaptive capacity and various approaches to assessing it,
particularly with respect to climate variability and change. I find that adaptive capacity is a …

The interacting effects of multiple hazards pose a substantial challenge to poverty reduction
and national development. Yet, social vulnerability to multiple hazards is a relatively …

Executive Summary The IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report
addresses the challenges of climate action in the context of sustainable development with a …

Several cities are exceptionally vulnerable to flood impacts due to increasing urbanization,
population growth, and climate change. Quantifying flood vulnerability is useful for …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

As a concept, social vulnerability describes combinations of social, cultural, economic,
political, and institutional processes that shape socioeconomic differentials in the …

As urban populations continue to grow through the 21st century, more people are projected
to be at risk of exposure to climate change-induced extreme events. To investigate the …

Fluctuating and extreme weather patterns are acute indicators of climate change and these
patterns modify tourist activities. The tourism industry is thus considered highly vulnerable to …

The escalating climate change crisis is causing many develo** countries to become more
vulnerable to energy-related challenges, highlighting the issue of fairness in allocating …

Ecosystem vulnerability is the degree to which an ecosystem is susceptible to adverse
effects of external disturbances. Exploring the pattern of ecosystem vulnerability and its …