Due to increasing population pressure and urbanization, as well as global climate change
impacts, many coastal river deltas are experiencing increased exposure, vulnerability and …

This paper reviews the concept of adaptation of human communities to global changes,
especially climate change, in the context of adaptive capacity and vulnerability. It focuses on …

Climate change poses significant challenges to agriculture, with serious impacts on
smallholder farmers' food security and livelihoods. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being …

Operationalizing the concept of urban disaster resilience is a major milestone toward
understanding both the characteristics that contribute to the resilience of cities to natural …

Efforts to reduce suffering have habitually focused on control and repair of individual bodies.
The social origins of suffering and distress, including poverty and discrimination, even if …

There is considerable federal interest in disaster resilience as a mechanism for mitigating
the impacts to local communities, yet the identification of metrics and standards for …

As climate change continues to exert increasing pressure upon the livelihoods and
agricultural sector of many develo** and developed nations, a need exists to understand …

Global environmental change and sustainability science increasingly recognize the need to
address the consequences of changes taking place in the structure and function of the …

Disaster governance is an emerging concept in the disaster research literature that is closely
related to risk governance and environmental governance. Disaster governance …

Rapid urbanization and climate change together increase the vulnerability of poor urban
communities to natural hazards, undermining urban resilience. It is therefore critical to …