This article reviews climate change within the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), analyzing how climate change is mentioned in the …

Pakistan is the world's most susceptible country to extreme climatic events, such as floods
and droughts. This study aims to investigate the risks related to climate variability and the …

This chapter traces disaster definitions devised by social scientists, recounting the evolution
of scholarly thinking and the elements of the concept. The emphasis is on the definition of …

Abstract The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 triggered a rethinking of conventional disaster
risk reduction (DRR) based on engineering (grey) structures and routine techniques. The …

Recurrent food insecurity in the highlands of Central America has been exacerbated by the
recent convergence of a coffee leaf rust outbreak that began defoliating crops in 2011 and a …

Purpose This study aims to investigate risks associated with climate change vulnerability
and in response the adaptation methods used by farming communities to reduce its negative …

Uganda is among the world's susceptible countries to climate extremes, such as droughts
(IPCC, 2007). This study assesses the risks associated with climate change vulnerability …

Abstract'Participation with publics' has been embraced in both government and academic
literatures as a necessary but currently unrealized means of governing socio-environmental …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of high intensity precipitation
events in increasing the vulnerability to floods in Mediterranean Spain. Precipitation intensity …

With communities increasingly concentrated in coastal regions globally, governments and
stakeholders call for cohesive risk assessments for future sustainability in the wake of …