Social factors are one of the most important causes of vulnerability of exposed communities
to disasters. Until now, however, most studies have been done in the developed countries …

This paper reviews the concept of adaptive capacity and various approaches to assessing it,
particularly with respect to climate variability and change. I find that adaptive capacity is a …

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 …

Nature-based solutions are quickly rising to the top of the sustainable urban development
agenda as an ecosystem-based approach to mitigate and adapt to climate change, while …

This book provides the first systematic critique of the concept of climate change adaptation
within the field of international development. Drawing on a reworked political ecology …

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy, contributing to food security and
employment of rural households. Climate variability and change have adversely affected this …

The study uses commune fixed-effects regressions to estimate the effect of natural disasters
on welfare and poverty of rural households in Vietnam, and subsequently examines …

The mitigation of microplastic pollution in the environment calls for a better understanding of
the sources and transportation, especially from land sources to the open ocean. We …

This article contributes to the disaster literature by measuring and connecting two concepts
that are highly related but whose relationship is rarely empirically evaluated: social …

Resilience and vulnerability represent two related yet different approaches to understanding
the response of systems and actors to change; to shocks and surprises, as well as slow …