Climate change adaptation strategies and disaster risk reduction in cities: connections, contentions, and synergies

W Solecki, R Leichenko, K O'Brien - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reviews how the fields of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change
adaptation (CCA) have contributed to the understanding of how cities' are responding to …

Sea change: island communities and climate change

H Lazrus - Annual Review of Anthropology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Island communities stand to be among the first and most adversely affected by the impacts of
global climate change. Rising sea levels, changing precipitation and storm patterns, and …

Reconstructing tourism in the Caribbean: connecting pandemic recovery, climate resilience and sustainable tourism through mobility justice

M Sheller - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Caribbean islands that are highly dependent on tourism are facing compounding crises from
climate-related disasters to the Covid-19 pandemic travel disruption. The rebuilding of …

Indigenous knowledge and implications for the sustainable development agenda

G Magni - European Journal of Education, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international
community committed to address a great number of challenges. Among those emphasised …

Small islands

LA Nurse, RF McLean, J Agard, LP Briguglio… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - hal.science
Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …

From knowledge to action: Bridging gaps in disaster risk reduction

JC Gaillard, J Mercer - Progress in human geography, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
A large amount of studies have been produced on disaster-related issues over the last
century of research, yet there continues to be gaps in translating knowledge into action. This …

[图书][B] Handbook of hazards and disaster risk reduction

B Wisner, JC Gaillard, I Kelman - 2012 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and
disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary …

Framework for integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge for disaster risk reduction

J Mercer, I Kelman, L Taranis, S Suchet‐Pearson - Disasters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A growing awareness of the value of indigenous knowledge has prompted calls for its use
within disaster risk reduction. The use of indigenous knowledge alongside scientific …

Integrating knowledge and actions in disaster risk reduction: the contribution of participatory mapping

JRD Cadag, JC Gaillard - Area, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Integrating scientific and local knowledge within disaster risk reduction (DRR) using
methods that encourage knowledge exchange and two‐way dialogue is a difficult yet …

Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific

HL McMillen, T Ticktin, A Friedlander, SD Jupiter… - Ecology and …, 2014 - JSTOR
Understanding how social-ecological systems are and can be resilient to climate change is
one of the world's most crucial problems today. It requires knowledge at local and global …