The increasing frequency, intensity, and severity of natural hazards is one of the most
pressing global environmental change problems. From the local to the global level …

The world is experiencing more frequent, deadly and costly disasters. Disasters are
increasingly uncertain and complex due to rapid environmental and socio-economic …

The implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction requires non-
traditional management and governance approaches for substantial reduction of disaster …

Natural disasters, extreme weather events, economic crises, political change and long term
change, such as climate change and demographic change, are in many places forcing a re …

Disaster impacts are more frequent, deadly and costly. The social and environmental
consequences are increasingly complex and intertwined. Systematic as well as innovated …

Under what conditions do governments turn to adaptive governance systems? This paper
explores a success case of adaptive governance in a non-western country and tries to …

Adaptive governance is an emergent form of environmental governance that is increasingly
called upon by scholars and practitioners to coordinate resource management regimes in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence of resilience into the
contemporary discourse of disaster risk. As a counter position to the current status quo in …

The environmental management literature suggests that resilience is key to managing
complex systems and reducing vulnerability resulting from uncertainty and unexpected …

An adaptive governance system strives to enhance the capacity of institutions to better
coordinate relief operations, public awareness and risk reduction policy in case of natural or …