The global population has rapidly urbanized over the past century, and the urbanization rate
is projected to reach about 70% by 2050. In line with these trends and the increasing …

The concept of resilience is increasingly used in academic and policy circles. To
operationalize this concept and reduce the ambiguities surrounding it, since the turn of the …

The landscape of disaster resilience indicators is littered with wide range of tools,
scorecards, indices that purport to measure disaster resilience in some manner. This paper …

The role of social resilience in disaster management continues to gain increasing attention
and interest from both researchers and practitioners. This paper critically reviews existing …

Abstract Maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are widely used to better
understand and manage risks in modern cities. While methods for mapping hazard …

Decision makers, practitioners and community members need to assess the disaster
resilience of their communities and to understand better the risks they face from natural …

The improvement of rural households' livability in drought conditions has always been an
important challenge for all countries, especially developing countries, because consecutive …

Drought is a natural disaster that can influence all aspects of human life with its extensive
and long-term implications. Rural communities are more drought-susceptible due to their …

In recent years, rural-farmer families have encountered a higher level of vulnerability to
drought than all other communities in the world including Iran. As well, their vulnerability has …

Resilience is a multifaceted phenomenon, and approaches to measure resilience across
disciplines have produced wide-ranging methods. This paper presents an inclusive and …