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

Cities are faced with new and complex issues such as natural disasters, rapid population
growth, and pollution. The era of smart and resilient cities in this century has brought a new …

In the context of accelerated global change, the concept of resilience, with its roots in
ecological theory and complex adaptive systems, has emerged as the favored framework for …

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 …

Taking the importance of local action as a starting point, this analysis traces the treatment of
participation of local and community actors through the three international frameworks for …

Building back better-based urban planning is an integral part of efforts to increase urban
resilience. Therefore, urban physical growth needs to be monitored to prevent built-up areas …

Purpose–To confront the increasingly devastating impacts of disasters and the challenges
that climate change is posing to disaster risk management (DRM) there is an imperative to …

In the neo-liberal climate of reduced responsibility for the state, alongside global platforms
established to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, a new arena opens for a …

Executive summary The land challenges, in the context of this report, are climate change
mitigation, adaptation, desertification, land degradation, and food security. The chapter also …

This paper applies the politics of scale as a framework to examine how decentralization
reforms and the associated power relations between government agencies at different levels …