Global policies on disaster risk reduction have highlighted individual and community
responsibilities and roles in reducing risk and promoting coping capacity. Strengthening …

Landslide risk is a function of the probability of the event and its consequences. Previous
research has shown that preventive measures to reduce the risk are preferred over reactive …

Objective Whether a community can demonstrate resilience following a disaster largely
depends on the pre‐disaster context. Community disadvantage, the concentration of …

The present article explores the dynamics of disaster-induced risk resulted from tropical
Cyclone Aila that struck southwestern coastal residents on May 25, 2009, causing 190 …

Australia is currently experiencing climate change effects in the form of higher temperatures
and more frequent extreme events, such as floods. Floods are its costliest form of natural …

Tokyo is located in a lowland area that is vulnerable to flooding. Due to global climate
change, the scalability and frequency of flooding is increasing. On the other hand …

Objectives: The study determined whether households in disaster-exposed communities
were more likely to be prepared. Methods: Three measures of preparedness were created …

Natural hazards negatively impact on public health world-wide. Earthquakes, hurricanes,
cyclones, tsunamis and floods have shaped and modified human behaviour, changing the …

Globally, an increasing and more dispersed population, as well as climate change, have led
to growing impacts of environmental hazards, particularly across areas prone to extreme …

Risk is recognised in both the social sciences and natural sciences as some combination of
hazard and vulnerability, and often includes exposure and coping capacity. How these four …