This paper reviews the current theoretical scholarship on maladaptation and provides some
specific case studies—in the Maldives, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Bangladesh—to advance …

How current coping capacity could be transformed into longer term adaptive capacity is a
crucial question for those involved in adaptation planning, especially to enhance …

This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush
Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic …

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SREX) explores the
challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate …

This paper reflects on the resurgence and meaning of the adaptation concept in the current
climate change literature. We explore the extent to which the early political economic critique …

This study assessed social vulnerability level, impacts and adaptation strategies to climate
change in rural communities in four ecological zones in Ghana. Primary data were collected …

Natural hazard events provide opportunities for policy change to enhance disaster risk
reduction (DRR), yet it remains unclear whether these events actually fulfill this …

Statistical data shows that the increase in disasters due to natural hazards over the past 20
years has, for the most part, been caused by meteorological and hydrological events. This …

In the face of global warming and environmental change, the conventional strategy of
resource centralization will not be able to cope with a future of increasingly extreme climate …

Global climate change is attracting widespread scientific, political, and public attention
owing to the involvement of international initiatives such as the Paris Agreement and the …