This article synthesizes the literature on poverty and disasters in the United States and
presents the results from a wide range of studies conducted over the past twenty years. The …

Floods are the most common natural disaster in Europe. The adverse human health
consequences of flooding are complex and far-reaching: these include drowning, injuries …

Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million
people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause loss of life and damage to …

We report findings from a mixed method study of women's gendered experiences with flash
floods in the coastal city of Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on narrative accounts from 36 …

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different …

Abstract The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) is the
guiding international policy structure for disaster risk reduction activities, shaping DRR …

The changing demographic landscape of the United States calls for a reassessment of the
societal impacts and consequences of socalled “natural” and technological disasters. An …

Research on disaster recovery has moved beyond earlier uni-dimensional, stage-oriented,
and linear conceptualizations and toward approaches that recognize variability, social …

This article presents a qualitative study of violence against women in post-tsunami Sri
Lanka. It examines the types of violence occurring throughout the disaster's emergency and …

Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who survived the Grand
Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the worst natural disasters in US history. This …