Classic theories of stress and health are largely based on assumptions regarding how
different psychosocial stressors influence biological processes that, in turn, affect human …

In the past two decades, climate change-related natural disasters, such as hurricanes,
floods, and droughts have become increasingly frequent and severe, impacting the …

Despite the ubiquity of disaster and the increasing toll in human lives and financial costs,
much research and policy remain focused on physical infrastructure–centered approaches …

A leading challenge in measuring social vulnerability to hazards is for output metrics to
better reflect the context in which vulnerability occurs. Through a meta-analysis of 67 flood …

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 …

The factors that explain the speed of recovery after disaster remain contested. While many
have argued that physical infrastructure, social capital, and disaster damage influence the …

This paper studies social network changes during the COVID-19 crisis in the Netherlands
and their relation to perceived loneliness for the younger and the older cohorts. Arguments …

It has been argued that learning from flood experience contributes to flood resilience.
However, it is unclear what such a learning process involves, and it is debatable whether …

Using data collected before and after the catastrophic flooding that took place in northern
Bangladesh in 2014, this paper contributes to the growing evidence on the factors …

Facilitating people's ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from disaster is an
important component of the UNISDR strategy for disaster risk reduction. Following a …