Disaster recovery efforts form an essential component of coping with unforeseen events
such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and typhoons, some of which will only become …

Reconstruction processes in post-disaster contexts are both technical and political. In the
face of growing losses from disasters to human development, we question how the call to …

As major disasters vary in both severity and incidence, making appropriate humanitarian
responses critical, disaster relief supply chains increasingly incorporate both social and …

Unprecedented climate extremes will likely become a new 'normal'. Urban political ecology
is thus confronted with the challenge of exploring and theorising emerging geographies of …

What role can a speculative political ecology play in (re) imaging urban futures of climate
extremes? In recent years, narratives of dystopian futures of climate extremes have …

Whether driven by developments in plant science, bio-philosophy, or broader societal
dynamics, plants have to respond to a litany of environmental, social, and economic …

Disasters are a primary influence in the global development landscape given their unequal
impacts across society and calls for transformative change in their aftermath. Recovering …

The 2017 hurricane season in the Caribbean Basin recorded 18 events (storms and
hurricanes), including Category 5 hurricane Irma on which this article focuses. The aim of …

Climate-related hazards accounted for over 90% of disasters over the past two decades and
cause massive losses every year worldwide. In the face of the climate crisis, we are …

Analysis of post-disaster reconstruction of urban areas has largely been understood as a
function of technocratic and institutionalist paradigms, while critical perspectives have been …