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van der Geest, Kees, "A Conceptual Framework and Research Design for Assessing Losses and Damages from Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities" in Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage ed. Wijenayake, Vositha, Stevenson, Linda Anne, Takemoto, Akio, Ranjan, Amit, Mombauer, Dennis and Ismail, Nafesa (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), 69-99. 83 21
Ali, Saleem H., Clifford, Martin, Kniveton, Dominic, Zickgraf, Caroline and Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, "Adaptive Governance to Manage Human Mobility and Natural Resource Stress" in Elements in Earth System Governance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), n/a-n/a. 418  
Scott, Hugh D. and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Aeration and drainage" in Irrigation of agricultural crops (2nd edition) ed. Lascano, Robert J. and Sojka, R.E. (Madison: the American Society of Agronomy, Inc. / Crop Science Society of America, Inc. / Soil Science Society of America, Inc., 2007), 195-236. 835  
Sebesvari, Zita, Le, Thi Thu Huong, Van Toan, Pham, Arnold, Ute and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Agriculture and water quality in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta" in The Mekong Delta system. Interdisciplinary analyses of a river delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordrecht: Springer Environmental Science Engineering, 2012), 331-361. 1977  
Plate, Erich J., "A human security index" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 836  
Oakes, Robert, van der Geest, Kees and Corendea, Cosmin, "Any Port in a Storm? Climate, Mobility, and Choice in Pacific Small Island Developing States" in Climate Refugees: Global, Local and Critical Approaches ed. Kent, Avidan and Behrman, Simon (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 249-260. 606  
Bellert, Felicitas, Fila, Konstanze, Thoms, Reinhard, Hagenlocher, Michael, Harb, Mostapha, Cotti, Davide, Baccouche, Hayet, Ayed, Sonia and Garschagen, Matthias, "Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Risk Assessment in Monastir, Tunisia" in Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Tunisia ed. Khebour Allouche, F. and Negm, A.M. (Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021), 191-210. 1416  
Sebesvari, Zita, Le, Thi Thu Huong, Van Toan, Pham, Arnold, Ute and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Aquaculture and agricultural production in the Mekong Delta and its effects on nutrient pollution of soil and water" in The Mekong Delta system : interdisciplinary analyses of a river delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordrecht: Springer Environmental Science Engineering, 2012), 331-362. 1989  
Graw, Valerie, Dubovyk, Olena, Duguru, Moses, Heid, Paul, Ghazaryan, Gohar, Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos, Post, Joachim, Szarzynski, Joerg, Tsegai, Daniel and Walz, Yvonne, "Assessment, monitoring, and early warning of droughts: the potential for satellite remote sensing and beyond" in Drought Challenges – Policy Options for Developing Countries, In: Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research ed. Mapedza, Everisto, Tsegai, Daniel, Bruntrup, Michael and McLeman, Robert (Amsterdam: Elsevier Ltd, 2019), 115-131. 925  
Steger, Stefan, Mair, Volkmar, Kofler, Christian, Pittore, Massimiliano, Zebisch, Marc and Schneiderbauer, Stefan, "A Statistical Exploratory Analysis of Inventoried Slide-Type Movements for South Tyrol (Italy)" in Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk ed. Guzzetti, Fausto, Snježana, Arbanas Mihalić, Reichenbach, Paola, Sassa, Kyoji, Bobrowsky, Peter T. and Takara, Kaoru (Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020), 305-311. 919 347
Danumah, John, H., Odai, Samuel, N., Saley, Mahaman, B., Szarzynski, Joerg, Adjei, Kwaku and Kouame, Fernand, K., "A Stochastic Weather Generator Model for Hydroclimatic Prevision in Urban Floods Risk Assessment in Abidjan District (Cote d’Ivoire)" in Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation ed. Filho, Walter, L. (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016), 211-223. 1064  
Amponsem, Joshua, Graf, Marie-Claire and Saenger, Nathalie, "A youth perspective on green local urban futures" in City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis: A Multidisciplinary Approach ed. Carrillo, Francisco J. and Garner, Cathy (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021), 331-343. 862  
Maini, Rishma, Murray, Virginia, Roth, Cathy, Catchpole, Mike, Ebi, Kristie L., Hagenlocher, Michael, Montesinos Guevara, Camila Margarita, Sellwood, Chloe and Yeung, Tiffany, "Biological risk: epidemics" in Science for disaster risk management 2017: knowing better and losing less ed. Poljansek, Karmen, Marin Ferrer, Montserrat, De Groeve, Tom and Clark, Ian (Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2017), 306-335. 2746  
Walton, Richard E., Salgado, Jorge, Bisht, Tarun, Large, Andrew RG, Henderson, Andrew C.G., Renaud, Fabrice G., Hensengerth, Oliver, Van, P.D. Tri, Cremin, Emilie, Murshed, Sonia B., Chowdhury, A. Ishtiaque A., Le, Hue, O'Connor, Jack, Vu, Anh and Banerjee, Sumana, "Building resilience in South and Southeast Asian mega-deltas" in Resilience and Riverine Landscapes ed. Thoms, Martin and Fuller, Ian (Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., 2024), 425-444. 132  
Warner, Koko, Becker, Sobiah, Zissener, Michael and Schaefer, Laura, "Case study: Livelihood Protection Policy: Extreme Weather Microinsurance in the Caribbean" in Results UK 2016: Weathering a risky climate. The role of insurance in reducing vulnerability to extreme weather (London: Results UK, 2016), 43-43. 1098  
Watkis, Paul, Chapagain, Dipesh, Savvidou, Georgia, Pauw, Pieter and Butera, Blanche, "Chapter 4: Adaptation finance gap" in Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed ed. Neufeldt, Henry, Christiansen, Lars, Dale, Thomas and Hemmingsen, Lasse (Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 2023), 29-58. 127  
Chapagain, Dipesh, Butera, Blanche, Rai, Sneha and Watkiss, Paul, "Chapter 3. Adaptation finance needs of developing countries" in Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed. The Adaptation Finance Gap Update 2023 (Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 2023), 28-40. 118  
Warner, Koko, "Chapter 9 case studies" in IPCC special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 487-542. 745 338
Schneiderbauer, Stefan, "Chapter 19—Challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in European mountains (Europe—Introduction)" in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems: Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc., 2024), 153-156. 80  
Oakes, Robert, Banerjee, Soumyadeep and Warner, Koko, "Chapter 9: Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change" in World Migration Report 2020 ed. McAuliffe, Marie and Khadria, Binod (Geneva: International Organization for Migration, 2019), 252-269. 1022  
Boyd, Emily, Thomas, Adelle, van der Geest, Kees, Vanhala, Lisa, Prabhakar, S. V. R. K., Barnett, Jon and Pandit, Raju, "Chapter 5: Loss and Damage" in Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed ed. Neufeldt, Henry, Christiansen, Lars, Dale, Thomas and Hemmingsen, Lasse (Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 2023), 61-75. 128 38
Mzumara, Tiwonge, Membretti, Andrea, Delves, Jess L., Loza, Joyce, Chibesa, Moses, Timberlake, Jonathan and Clark, Vincent Ralph, "Chapter 13—Southern African mountains—Different, diverse, and in need of protection" in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems: Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc., 2024), 73-86. 67  
Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola and Szarzynski, Joerg, "Chapter 40—Summary and outlook" in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems: Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc., 2024), 307-309. 88  
Watkiss, Paul, Chapagain, Dipesh and Savvidou, Georgia, "Chapter 5. The adaptation finance gap" in Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed. The Adaptation Finance Gap Update 2023. (Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 2023), 58-64. 105  
Zebisch, Marc, Crespi, Alice, Schneiderbauer, Stefan and Bustillos Ardaya, Alicia, "Chapter 20—Where climate change hits vulnerable systems—Major climate risks in European mountains." in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems: Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc., 2024), 157-172. 84  
Kuenzer, Claudia and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Climate and environmental changes in river deltas globally: expected impacts, resilience, and adaptation" in The Mekong Delta system. Interdisciplinary analyses of a river delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordrecht: Springer Environmental Science Engineering, 2012), 7-47. 831  
Sebesvari, Zita, Le, Thi Thu Huong and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Climate change adaptation and agrichemicals in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam" in Environmental change and agricultural sustainability in the Mekong Delta: vol. 45 ed. Stewart, M. A. and Coclanis, P. A. (Dordrecht: Springer (Advances in Global Change Research), 2011), 219-239. 1485  
Warner, Koko and Spiegel, Andreas, "Climate change and emerging markets : the role of the insurance industry in climate risk management" in Geneva Association, the insurance industry and climate change : contribution to the global debate ed. Liedtke, Patrick M. (Geneva: Geneva Association, 2009), 83-96. 969  
Warner, Koko, "Climate change, human security, and social vulnerability: empirical evidence of environmentally induced migration" in Climate change, social stress and violent conflict: state of the art and research needs ed. Scheffran, J. (Dordrecht: Springer, 2010), 3-40. 897  
Durand-Delacre, D., Bettini, G., Nash, S. L., Sterly, H., Gioli, G., Hut, E., Boas, Ingrid, Farbotko, C., Sakdapolrak, P., de Bruijn, M., Tripathy Furlong, B., van der Geest, K., Lietaer, S. and Hulme, M., "Climate Migration Is about People, Not Numbers" in Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis ed. Boehm, Steffen and Sullivan, Sian (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2021), 68-81. 626 293
Surtiari, Gusti Ayu Ketut, Setiadi, Neysa J., Garschagen, Matthias, Birkmann, Joern, Djalante, Riyanti and Maunati, Yekti, "Coastal resilience in Indonesia: from planning to implementation" in Spatial planning and resilience following disasters : International and comparative perspectives ed. Greiving, Stefan, Ubaura, Michio and Tesliar, Jaroslav (Bristol: Policy Press, 2016), 99-116. 1201  
Thywissen, Katharina, "Core terminology of disaster reduction : a comparative glossary" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 1203  
Surtiari, Gusti Ayu Ketut, Djalante, Riyanti, Setiadi, Neysa J. and Garschagen, Matthias, "Culture and Community Resilience to Flooding: Case Study of the Urban Coastal Community in Jakarta" in Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, Challenges, and Issues ed. Djalante, Riyanti, Garschagen, Matthias, Thomalla, Frank and Rajib Shaw (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017), 469-494. 625  
Surtiari, Gusti Ayu Ketut, Djalante, Riyanti, Setiadi, Neysa J. and Garschagen, Matthias, "Culture and Community Resilience to Flooding: Case Study of the Urban Coastal Community in Jakarta" in Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, Challenges, and Issues ed. Djalante, Riyanti, Garschagen, Matthias, Thomalla, Frank and Rajib Shaw (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017), 469-494. 1172  
Audia, Camilla, Visman, Emma, Fox, Gino, Mwangi, Emmah, Kilavi, Mary, Arango, Mark, Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja and Kniveton, Dominic, "Decision-making heuristics for managing climate-related risks: introducing equity to the FREE framework" in Climate Risk in Africa ed. Conway, Declan and Vincent, Katherine (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), 57-76. 574 197
Oswald Spring, Úrsula, "Desastres naturales : riesgos, vulnerabilidades, politicas de prevención : modulo XIV" in Agenda para el desarollo : sustentabilidad y desarrollo ambiental ed. Calva, José L. (Mexico City: Miguel Angel Porrua, 2007). 733  
Messner, Dirk and Schieferdecker, Ina, "Die digitale Nachhaltigkeitsgesellschaft" in Soziale Marktwirtschaft 0ökologisch erneuern Ökologische Innovationen, wirtschaftliche Chancen und soziale Teilhabe in Zeiten des Klimawandels ed. Fuecks, Ralf and Koehler, Thomas (Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2019), 205-224. 436  
Marre, Katharina and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Differentials in impacts and recovery in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: local examples at different scales in Sri Lanka" in Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks ed. Brauch, Hans G., Oswald Spring, Úrsula, Mesjasz, Czeslaw, Grin, John, Kameri-Mbote, Patricia, Béchir, Chourou, Dunay, P. and Birkmann, Joern (Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2011), 1129-1146. 881  
Heslin, Alison, Deckard, Natalie, Oakes, Robert and Montero-Colbert, Arianna, "Displacement and Resettlement: Understanding the Role of Climate Change in Contemporary Migration" in Loss and Damage from Climate Change Concepts, Methods and Policy Options ed. Mechler, Reinhard, Bouwer, Laurens, Schinko, Thomas, Surminski, Swenja and Linnerooth-Bayer, JoAnne (Cham: Springer, 2018), 237-258. 801  
Garschagen, Matthias, Renaud, Fabrice G. and Birkmann, Joern, "Dynamic resilience of peri-urban agriculturalists in the Mekong Delta under pressures of socio-economic transformation and climate change" in Environmental change and agricultural sustainability in the Mekong Delta: vol. 45 ed. Mart, S. A. and Coclanis, P. A. (Dordrecht: Springer (Advances in Global Change Research), 2011), n/a-n/a. 1233  
Warner, Koko, "Economics and social vulnerability: dynamics of entitlement and access" in Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security : threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks ed. Brauch, Hans G., Oswald Spring, Úrsula, Mesjasz, Czeslaw, Grin, John, Kameri-Mbote, Patricia, Béchir, Chourou, Dunay, P. and Birkmann, Joern (Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2011), 1159-1169. 679  
Lange, Wolfram, Sandholz, Simone, Viezzer, Jennifer, Becher, Martin and Nehren, Udo, "Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Rio de Janeiro State" in Strategies and Tools for a Sustainable Rural Rio de Janeiro ed. Nehren, Udo, Schlueter, Sabine, Raedig, Claudia, Sattler, Dietmar and Hissa, Helga (Cham: Springer, 2018), 345-359. 1077  
Triyanti, Annisa, Walz, Yvonne, Marfai, Muhammad Aris, Renaud, Fabrice and Djalante, Riyanti, "Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Unfolding Challenges and Opportunities" in Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia – Progress, Challenges, and Issues ed. Djalante, Riyanti, Garschagen, Matthias, Thomalla, Frank and Shaw, Rajib (Basel: Springer International Publishing AG, 2017), 445-467. 1135  
Afifi, Tamer, "Egyptian water and soil : a cause for migration and security threats?" in Water scarcity, land degradation and desertification in the Mediterranean region ed. Rubio, Jose L., Safriel, Uriel N. and Daussa, Raul (Dordrecht: Springer, 2009), 131-143. 726  
Sandholz, Simone, "Eine Zukunft für die Vergangenheit?" in Quartiersentwicklung im globalen Süden. Jahrbuch Stadterneuerung ed. Altrock, Uwe, Kurth, Detlef, Kunze, Ronald, Schmidt, Holger and Schmitt, Gisela (Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2019), 1-31. 758  
Sapkota, Niroj, Beck, Albrecht, Seen, Sjaak and Szarzynski, Joerg, "Emergency response in mountain areas: lessons learned from the Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake 2015" in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems A Global Challenge : Facing Emerging Risks, Adapting to Changing Environments and Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., 2023), 69-74. 108  
Warner, Koko, "Enhancing adaptation options and managing human mobility in the context of climate change: Role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" in Climate change: International law and global governance ed. Ruppel, Oliver C., Roschmann, Christian and Ruppel-Schlichting, Katharina (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2013), 761-784. 1015  
van der Land, Victoria, Romankiewicz, Clemens and van der Geest, Kees, "Environmental change and migration: A review of West African case studies" in Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration ed. McLeman, Robert and Gemenne, François (London and New York: Routledge, 2018), 163-177. 1038 753
Renaud, Fabrice G., "Environmental components of vulnerability" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006), ix-510. 744  
Kniveton, Dominic, Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja and Smith, Christopher D., "Environmental migrants, climate ‘refugees’ and sun-seeking expats: capturing the larger context of migration in a changing climate through appropriate and effective behavioural research" in Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration ed. McLenan, Robert and Gemenne, François (London: Routledge, 2018), 151-160. 700