Many of the decisions relating to future urban development require information on climate
change risks to cities This review of the academic and “grey” literature provides an overview …

Flooding is one of the most widespread of climatic hazards and poses multiple risks to
human health, yet there has been little systematic research work on health outcomes and …

As a concept and disciplinary practice, resilience analysis has evolved rapidly within the
twenty-first century. This is driven in large part by the growing complexity in everyday …

This research aims to assess the influence of coastal cities around the world. The main
goals are focused on quantifying the urbanization process in coastal areas. Also, the …

Resilience is widely seen as a desirable system property in environmental management.
This paper explores the concept of resilience to natural hazards, using weather-related …

Recent improvements in mapping of global population distribution makes it possible to
estimate the number and distribution of people near coasts with greater accuracy than …

There are questions as to whether a causal relationship exists between crisis planning and
effective adaptive behaviors in crisis. Traditional planning has viewed the crisis plan as an …

Flood risk emerges from the interaction of hazard and vulnerability. Over recent decades the
notion of risk being the basis for flood management decisions has become widely accepted …

Flood‐related fatalities in Africa, as well as associated economic losses, have increased
dramatically over the past half‐century. There is a growing global concern about the need to …

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different …