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Purpose–The concept of vulnerability in climate change literature is underpinned by
numerous theoretical contributions across different disciplines leading to disparate …

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and
disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary …

Natural disasters do not affect people equally. In fact, a vulnerability approach to disasters
would suggest that inequalities in exposure and sensitivity to risk as well as inequalities in …

We report findings from a mixed method study of women's gendered experiences with flash
floods in the coastal city of Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on narrative accounts from 36 …

Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models
in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are …

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 …

ABSTRACT 'Humanitarian space'denotes the physical or symbolic space which
humanitarian agents need to deliver their services according to the principles they uphold …

Gendered disaster social science rests on the social fact of gender as a primary organizing
principle of societies and the conviction that gender must be addressed if we are to claim …

A comparative analysis of six vulnerability models aims to identify differences and
similarities between several approaches towards understanding vulnerability. The analysis …