Urban overheating is documented for more than 400 major cities in the world. Numerous
experimental data show that the magnitude of the average temperature increase may …

Social factors are one of the most important causes of vulnerability of exposed communities
to disasters. Until now, however, most studies have been done in the developed countries …

There have been over 100 years of literature discussing the deleterious influence of racism
on health. Much of the literature describes racism as a driver of social determinants of …

The purpose of the present paper is to disentangle the mechanisms that connect climate
change-induced disasters, inequality and vulnerability by accounting for both directions of …

A leading challenge in measuring social vulnerability to hazards is for output metrics to
better reflect the context in which vulnerability occurs. Through a meta-analysis of 67 flood …

Flood risk assessments provide inputs for the evaluation of flood risk management (FRM)
strategies. Traditionally, such risk assessments provide estimates of loss of life and …

The recurrence of extreme weather events has led to the development of methods for
assessing the vulnerability and interdependencies of physical and human systems. A case …

Social vulnerability models are becoming increasingly important for hazard mitigation and
recovery planning, but it remains unclear how well they explain disaster outcomes. Most …

In recent years, the concept of resilience has been introduced to the engineering field in
particular related to disaster mitigation and management. However, the built environment is …

Household water insecurity is a global threat to human health and development, yet existing
metrics lack a systematic consideration of geographic inequality and spatial variation. In this …