Compound droughts and hot events or extremes (CDHEs) may lead to larger repercussions
than do individual extremes. Due to the disastrous impacts and increased risk of these …

Featured Application This paper presents a review of literature on urban resilience,
highlighting research gaps and suggesting solutions such as using asset and disaster risk …

We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability
challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the entire planet …

Long‐term lake ice phenological records from around the Northern Hemisphere provide
unique sensitive indicators of climatic variations, even prior to the existence of physical …

The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures
from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The …

16 ENVIRONMENT WWW. TANDFONLINE. COM/VENV VOLUME 60 NUMBER 6 iStoc
k/Karl Spencer events all refer to these types of situations where there is a single triggering …

Energy systems (ES) are seriously affected by climate variability since energy demand and
supply are dependent on atmospheric conditions at several time scales and by the impact of …

Extreme events usually cause numerous economic and social losses, especially in
vulnerable countries, such as Brazil. Understanding whether the evolution of Earth System …

Resilience is the central concept for understanding how an ecosystem responds to a strong
perturbation, and is related to other concepts used to analyze system properties in the face …

Flood risk to urban communities is increasing significantly as a result of the integrated effects
of climate change and socioeconomic development. The latter effect is one of the main …