The concept of vulnerability overarches as a multidisciplinary subject. The umbrella term is
widely used in several disciplines namely sociology, public health, geography, and disaster …

This chapter presents current knowledge of observed and projected impacts from extreme
weather events, based on recorded events and their losses, as well as studies that project …

Nowadays, following every weather disaster quickly follow estimates of economic loss.
Quick blame for those losses, or some part, often is placed on claims of more frequent or …

Household's adaptation to drought risk consists of two steps. First step is acquiring
knowledge on drought from previous drought experiences. Second step is formulation of …

Studying the behavior of drought and its short-, medium-and long-term features throughout a
region is very important for the creation of adequate public policies and actions aimed at the …

Most of the districts in Odisha, India are prone to both cyclones and floods. However, the
existing studies have assessed vulnerability mainly for the coastal districts, and are largely …

This study compares the disaster damage records of two of the most widely used disaster
databases-EM-DAT and DesInventar for a selected sample of 70 countries over the period …

Every year, extreme climatic events cause significant losses in South Asian countries,
including India. The damages due to floods have gone up, affecting the overall development …

Odisha is frequently affected by climate extremes such as cyclones and floods. In response,
farmers take various adaptation measures to minimise the negative economic impact of …

With the acceleration of global warming, the frequent occurrence of extreme climate events
has inflicted great socio-economies losses and casualties; therefore, it is particularly …