The purpose of the chapter is to identify the fundamental characteristics of organisational
resilience in management science with particular emphasis on selected approaches to the …

As climate change (CC)-related adversity has become more evident, physical CC impacts
and the need to respond to it are now a prominent topic in the political agenda in multiple …

The following article highlights the need to develop an occupational ecology, that is, the
study of the deep and inseparable connection between human occupation and the …

Extreme climate events and seasonal rainfall are crucial variables in figuring out the amount
of irrigation water needed for a crop. The seasonal rainfall and a few selected extreme …

Droughts cause critical and major risk to ecosystems, agriculture, and social life. While
attempts have been made globally to understand drought characteristics, data scarcity in …

Warmer global climate and urban heat islands (UHIs) interact, by exacerbating heatwaves
and increasing the extreme heat days in cities. The implications of added heat stress in …

An accurate economic loss assessment for natural hazards is vital for planning, mitigation,
and actuarial purposes. The widespread and costly nature of flood hazards, with the …

Natech accidents have an increasing relevance due to the growing number of such events
and to their severe consequences. Climate change and global warming are intensifying the …

Analysis of the trends and variability of climate variables and extreme climate events is
important for climate change detection in space and time. In this study, the trends and …

Problem, research strategy, and findings Here we describe a critical link between drought
risk management and planning at the local level, the traditional lack of overlap between …