Increasing human pressures on coastlines and associated threats posed by sea-level rise have stimulated development of a range of different concepts and methodological …
This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic …
This paper develops and tests the application of a Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) for agricultural and natural resource-dependent communities in developing countries. The …
WN Adger - Global environmental change, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper reviews research traditions of vulnerability to environmental change and the challenges for present vulnerability research in integrating with the domains of resilience …
Generally speaking, vulnerability to environmental hazards means the potential for loss. Since losses vary geographically, over time, and among different social groups, vulnerability …
SL Cutter - Progress in human geography, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
For over 50 years, hazards researchers have focused on a series of fundamental ques-tions: 1) what is the human occupancy of hazard zones? 2) How do people and societies respond …
The intimate connections between disaster recovery by and the resilience of affected communities have become common features of disaster risk reduction programmes since …
Vulnerability is an emerging concept for climate science and policy. Over the past decade, efforts to assess vulnerability to climate change triggered a process of theory development …
Losses from environmental hazards have escalated in the past decade, prompting a reorientation of emergency management systems away from simple postevent response …