Due to global climate change, community resilience to natural disasters has become a high
priority in environmental research. Academicians and practitioners from different disciplines …

Enhancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and community resilience are fundamental for
sustainable development. However, cultural and political‐institutional barriers hinder …

While the role of innovation and adaptation technology in reducing climatic risks is widely
recognized, few studies have investigated the role of formal, quasi-formal, and informal …

Flooding is one of the most complicated and prolific natural hazards that communities face.
Added to this, more people will be affected by this hazard than any other in the future. Within …

Fostering resilience is widely acknowledged as a crucial strategy for mitigating the
escalating risks posed by climate-related disasters around the world. Resilience assessment …

Frequent occurrence of natural disasters has become one of the most serious challenges to
human society. As rural communities are the forefront of disasters, enhancing the resilience …

Building community resilience has been widely recognized as a learning process at multiple
societal levels, yet few prior studies have examined the feedback loop between community …

Natural hazards bring significant influences on and socioeconomic loss to cities and
communities. Historic events show that fire following earthquake (FFE) is the most influential …

Shifting demographics—that is, the growing number of older adults in Canada and
internationally—and intersecting climatic risks create a complex landscape of aging in place …

In this paper, we argue that, while it is necessary to modify existing policy using the lessons
learned from disaster events (ie, reactive learning), this approach is insufficient on its own for …