The disasters that occurred during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season not only became an
economic burden for federal and local governments but also for those who had their houses …

This article constitutes an effort towards providing an academic overview and grounding for
the concept of capacities in the context of disaster studies and disaster risk reduction …

Executive Summary The IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report
addresses the challenges of climate action in the context of sustainable development with a …

Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Disaster studies is faced with a fascinating anomaly: frequently it claims to be critical and
innovative, as suggested by the so‐called vulnerability paradigm that emerged more than 40 …

Natural disasters affect about 200 million people annually. Heightened intimate partner
violence (IPV) is a gendered impact of these disruptive events. This study examines …

This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster
scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be …

Earth is experiencing widespread ecological transformation in terrestrial, freshwater, and
marine ecosystems that is attributable to directional environmental changes, especially …

This paper examines the spatial and temporal trends in county-level COVID-19 cases and
fatalities in the United States during the first year of the pandemic (January 2020–January …

This Perspective develops a novel approach for assessing the vulnerability of complex
adaptive systems to climate change. Our characterization focuses on the dynamic nature of …