There is a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change requires an understanding
of social processes that unfold across extended temporal trajectories. Yet, despite a move to …

In his foreword to “Living with Risk,” the United Nations' Secretary General, Kofi Annan
raised awareness to human-induced conditions that increase vulnerability to natural …

Tourism is a key driver of global socio-economic progress. However, its sustainability is at
risk from multiple shocks and hazards that threaten livelihoods. Surprisingly little is known …

ÔDisaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not
acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very …

The impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on coastal tourism communities highlights the
vulnerability of tourism destinations to external shocks. Based on fieldwork conducted in …

In current scientific efforts to harness complementarity between resilience and vulnerability
theory, one response is an 'epistemological shift'towards an evolutionary, learning based …

Dramatic loss of life and economic losses in coastal zones have focused attention on natural
and man-made hazards. The paper starts with a review of the coastal vulnerability …

Zusammenfassung Das Stichwort der Resilienz hat in den letzten Jahren eine erstaunliche
Karriere erfahren. Gibt man bei Google Ngram Viewer–ein Programm, mit dem man die …

Afet, ekonomik ve sosyal kayıplara neden olan, sosyal hayatı kesintiye uğratan ve ani olarak
gelişen olaylar olarak tanımlanır. Çok disiplinli bir yaklaşımı gerektiren, afet çalışmaları hem …

This chapter will summarize the contributions of sociologists to the study of disasters and the
profession of emergency management. While some non-USA references will be made, most …