The paper presents contributions to the widespread resilience paradigm from a social
science perspective. Certain aspects of social systems, especially their symbolic dimension …

This chapter highlights the complexity of the disaster migration nexus. Environmental
circumstances alone are not responsible for resettlement, but they can exacerbate the social …

Recent policy debates on climate change have started highlighting the importance of
adaptation of societies to new conditions projected by climate scientists. Previously …

We investigate the impact of trauma on cross-scale interactions in order to identify the major
social-ecological factors affecting the pace and trajectory of post-Katrina rebuilding in New …

Governments, researchers, and humanitarian agencies have increasingly focused on
reducing disaster impacts and enhancing the resilience of individuals, households, and …

Disasters cause high mortality and suffering and also thwart development and damage local
economies. Kashmir valley in the NW Himalaya is subject to a multitude of hazards and has …

Big data is an exciting prospect for the field of economic history, which has long depended
on the acquisition, keying, and cleaning of scarce numerical information about the past. This …

Past volcanic eruptions and their climatic impacts have been linked increasingly with co-
occurring societal crises–like crop failures and famines–in recent research. Yet, as many of …

Lima's environmental sustainability is threatened by increasing water scarcity, heavy rain
events and limited attention for water vulnerability and climate change scenarios. In this …

Acknowledgements: This special issue of The Medieval History Journal brings together the
papers presented at the international conference 'Natural Disasters and Pre-Modern …