Cities and urban areas are increasingly recognized as strategic arenas for climate change
action. Processes of urban governance addressing climate change reconfigure the politics …

The concept of resilience is a complex, multidisciplinary, and multidimensional
phenomenon. It is now being increasingly used in the fields of disaster and climate change …

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that
serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about …

Social-ecological systems (SES) research offers new theory and evidence to transform
sustainable development to better contend with the challenges of the Anthropocene. Four …

Increasing intensity and frequency of climate-related disasters such as floods and droughts
challenge existing governance models of disaster risk reduction. This paper systematically …

This paper reviews the practice and research trends in disaster resilience and disaster risk
reduction literature since 2012. It applies the rapid appraisal methodology to explore …

In the context of accelerated global change, the concept of resilience, with its roots in
ecological theory and complex adaptive systems, has emerged as the favored framework for …

In recent years there has been rising scientific and policy interest in the adaptive
governance of social-ecological systems. A systematic literature review of adaptive …

Flooding is a widely occurring natural hazard that noticeably damages property, people, and
the environment. In the context of climate change, the integration of spatial planning with …

There is significant debate about the appropriate governance structure in a disaster
response. Complex disasters exhibit both networked and hierarchical characteristics. One …