Social vulnerability to climate change: a review of concepts and evidence
This article provides a review of recent scientific literature on social vulnerability to climate
change, aiming to determine which social and demographic groups, across a wide range of …
change, aiming to determine which social and demographic groups, across a wide range of …
The history of climate and society: a review of the influence of climate change on the human past
Recent decades have seen the rapid expansion of scholarship that identifies societal
responses to past climatic fluctuations. This fast-changing scholarship, which was recently …
responses to past climatic fluctuations. This fast-changing scholarship, which was recently …
[图书][B] Disasters and history: The vulnerability and resilience of past societies
This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical
perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to …
perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to …
Climate and social change at the start of the Late Antique Little Ice Age
PN Peregrine - The Holocene, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The Late Antique Little Ice Age, spanning the period from 536 CE to roughly 560 CE, saw
temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere drop by a degree C in less than a decade. This …
temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere drop by a degree C in less than a decade. This …
Developing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée
Human beings are an active component of every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Although
our local impact on the evolution of these ecosystems has been undeniable and extensively …
our local impact on the evolution of these ecosystems has been undeniable and extensively …
Rediscovering lessons of adaptation from the past
We argue that the deep time perspectives offered by historical disciplines, such as
archaeology and history, provide important human-scale data about climate-adaptation over …
archaeology and history, provide important human-scale data about climate-adaptation over …
Development of a flash flood confidence index from disaster reports and geophysical susceptibility
The analysis of historical disaster events is a critical step towards understanding current risk
levels and changes in disaster risk over time. Disaster databases are potentially useful tools …
levels and changes in disaster risk over time. Disaster databases are potentially useful tools …
Environmental determinism and archaeology. Understanding and evaluating determinism in research design
VPJ Arponen, W Dörfler, I Feeser, S Grimm… - Archaeological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
With the emergence of modern techniques of environmental analysis and widespread
availability of accessible tools and quantitative data, the question of environmental …
availability of accessible tools and quantitative data, the question of environmental …
Past-forwarding ancient calamities. Pathways for making archaeology relevant in disaster risk reduction research
F Riede - Humanities, 2017 - mdpi.com
Despite the alleged mastery of humans over nature, contemporary societies are acutely
vulnerable to natural hazards. In interaction with vulnerable communities, these transform …
vulnerable to natural hazards. In interaction with vulnerable communities, these transform …
Using historical data for developing a hazard and disaster profile of the Kashmir valley for the period 1900–2020
Disasters cause high mortality and suffering and also thwart development and damage local
economies. Kashmir valley in the NW Himalaya is subject to a multitude of hazards and has …
economies. Kashmir valley in the NW Himalaya is subject to a multitude of hazards and has …