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Mechler, Reinhard, Calliari, Elisa, Bouwer, Laurens, Schinko, Thomas, Surminski, Swenja, Linnerooth-Bayer, JoAnne, Aerts, Jeroen, Botzen, Wouter, Boyd, Emily, Deckard, Natalie, Fuglestvedt, Jan, González-Eguino, Mikel, Haasnoot, Marjolijn, Handmer, John, Haque, Masroora, Heslin, Alison, Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan, Huggel, Christian, Huq, Saleemul, James, Rachel et al., "Science for loss and damage. Findings and propositions" 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, 2019), 3-37. 4634 384
Pardoe, Joanna, Kloos, Julia and Assogba, Noël P., "Seasonal Variability: Impacts, Adaptations and the Sustainability Challenge" in Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa ed. Yaro, Joseph Awetori and Hesselberg, Jan (Geneva: Springer International Publishing, 2016), 41-57. 494   0
Sandholz, Simone, "Shaken Cityscapes: Tangible and Intangible Urban Heritage in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia" in Going Beyond Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2 ed. Albert, Marie-Theres, Bandarin, Francesco and Pereira Roders, Ana (Cham: Springer, 2017), 161-173. 998  
Garschagen, Matthias, Revilla-Diez, Javier, Nhan, Dang Kieu and Kraas, Frauke, "Socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta: between the prospects for progress and the realms of reality" in The Mekong Delta system : interdisciplinary analyses of a river delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordrecht: Springer Environmental Science Engineering, 2012), 83-132. 945  
Garschagen, Matthias, Revilla-Diez, Javier, Nhan, Dang Kieu and Kraas, Frauke, "Socio-Economic Development in the Mekong Delta: Between the Prospects for Progress and the Realms of Reality" in The Mekong Delta System: Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2012), 83-132. 1080  
Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Rai, Shivani and Szarzynski, Joerg, "Summary and outlook" 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), 177-179. 34  
Backhaus, Robert, Czaran, Lorant, Epler, Natalie, Leitgab, Michael, Young Suc Lyu, YT., Ravan, Shirish, Stevens, David, Szarzynski, Joerg and Villagran de Leon, Juan-Carlos, "Support from Space: The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER)" in Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management Examples and Best Practices ed. Altan, Orhan, Backhaus, Robert, Boccardo, Piero and Zlatanova, Sisi (Copenhagen: Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB GIS), 2010), 103-113. 421 184
Welle, Torsten, Beck, Michael W. and Birkmann, Joern, "The coastal risk index" in Coasts at risk: an assessment of coastal risks and the role of environmental solutions ed. Beck, Michael W. (Online: USAID/UNU-EHS/TNC/CRC, 2014), 1-64. 552 292
Panchi Robles, Sofia, Barragan, Fernando, Abdullah, Omar Yassen, Ncube, Alice, Heunis, Christo, Membretti, Andrea and Szarzynski, Joerg, "The impact of COVID-19 and sustainability governance in three different mountains regions of the world – An intercontinental comparison" 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), 81-89. 37  
van der Geest, Kees, de Sherbinin, Alex, Kienberger, Stefan, Zommers, Zinta, Sitati, Asha, Roberts, Erin and James, Rachel, "The Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services and Resulting Losses and Damages to People and Society" 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), 221-236. 772 1064
Goseberg, Nils, Lämmel, Gregor, Taubenböck, Hannes, Setiadi, Neysa J., Birkmann, Joern and Schlurmann, Torsten, "The last-mile evacuation project: a multi-disciplinary approach to evacuation planning and risk reduction in tsunami-threatened coastalareas" in Early warning for geological disasters: scientific methods and current practice ed. Wenzel, F. and Zschau, J. (Berlin/ Heidelberg /New York: Springer, 2014), 207-227. 577  
Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Calliari, Elisa, Eidsvig, Unni and Hagenlocher, Michael, "The most recent view of vulnerability" 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), 70-84. 981  
Walz, Yvonne, Asare-Kyei, Daniel, Von Sassen, Stella and Renaud, Fabrice G., "The Need for a Regional Service to Monitor Flood Hazard Events in West Africa" in Regional Climate Change Series: Floods ed. Adegoke, Jimmy, Sylla, Mouhamadou B., Bossa, Aymar Y., Ogunjobi, Kehinde and Adounkpe, Julien (Accra: WASCAL, 2019), 20-34. 497  
Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia, "The water-development nexus: importance of knowledge, information and cooperation in the 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), 445-458. 558  
Price, Martin F., Schaaf, Thomas, Cárdenas, Maria-Rosa, Fontanella Pisa, Paola and Köck, Günther, "The World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves" 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), 169-174. 27  
Birkmann, Joern, Welle, Torsten, Krause, Dunja, Wolfertz, Jan, Suarez, Dora-Catalina and Setiadi, Neysa J., "The World Risk Index" in WorldRiskReport 2011 (Berlin: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft, 2011), 13-39. 594 136
Welle, Torsten, Birkmann, Joern, Rhyner, Jakob, Witting, Maximilian and Wolfertz, Jan, "TheWorldRiskIndex" in WorldRiskReport 2013 (Berlin: B�ndnis Entwicklung Hilft, 2013), 45-55. 699 11089
Welle, Torsten, Birkmann, Joern, Rhyner, Jakob, Witting, Maximilian, Wolfertz, Jan, Beck, Michael W., Mucke, Peter, Shepard, Christine C., Maurer, Katja, Martens, Jens and Radtke, Katrin, "The World Risk Index" in World Risk Report 2012 (Berlin: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft, 2012), 1-74. 995 929
Birkmann, Joern, "Thoughts and recommendations for future research" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 386  
Sakulski, Dusan, "Towards integrated disaster risk assessment in South Africa" in Geoinformation for development : bridging the divide through partnerships ed. Zeil, Peter and Kienberger, Stefan (Heidelberg: Herbert Wichmann Verlag, 2007), 208-212. 407  
Swatuk, Larry A. and Wirkus, Lars, "Transboundary water governance in Southern Africa : an introduction" in Transboundary water governance in Southern Africa : examining underexplored dimensions ed. Swatuk, Larry A. and Wirkus, Lars (Baden-Baden: Nomos Press, 2009), 11-29. 418  
Swatuk, Larry A. and Wirkus, Lars, "Transboundary water governance in Southern Africa : beyond the State?" in Transboundary water governance in Southern Africa : examining underexplored dimensions ed. Swatuk, Larry A. and Wirkus, Lars (Baden-Baden: Nomos Press, 2009), 179-207. 442  
Irit, Eguavon and Tambo, Erick, "Transformative Learning for Global Change? Reflections on the Wascal Master Programme in Climate Change and Education in the Gambia" in Environmental Change and African Societies ed. Tischler, Julia and Haltermann, Ingo (Leiden: Brill, 2019), 199-224. 129 39
Rhyner, Jakob, "Umweltrisiken und menschliche Sicherheit im Kontext des globalen Wandels" in Internationale Sicherheit im 21. Jahrhundert. Deutschlands Internationale Verantwortung ed. Herdegen, Matthias, Kaiser, Karl and Bindenagel, James (Göttingen: V&R Academic, 2016), 169-176. 452 252
Rhyner, Jakob, "United Nations University (UNU) - The United Nations University: Research and Policy Support for Environmental Risk Reduction" in Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides ed. Sassa, Kyoji, Mikos, Matjaz and Yin, Yueping (Cham: Springer Open, 2017), 123-127. 874  
Fekete, Alexander, Asadzadeh, Asad, Contreras, Diana, Hamhaber, Johannes, Sandholz, Simone and Sett, Dominic, "Urban and rural interdependencies: infrastructure services" in Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society ed. McGee, Tara K. and Penning-Rowsell, Edmund C. (Oxon & New York: Routledge, 2022), 214-229. 337  
Garschagen, Matthias and Kraas, Frauke, "Urban climate change adaptation in the context of transformation: lessons from Vietnam" in Resilient cities: vol. 1 ed. Otto-Zimmermann, K. (Dordrecht: Springer (Local Sustainability), 2011), 131-139. 608  
Birkmann, Joern, Garschagen, Matthias, Lopez, Adriana, Pelling, Mark, Maqami, Nina Q. and Yu, Qingnian, "Urban development, climate change and disaster risk reduction: Interaction and integration" in Megacities and the coast: Risk, resilience and transformation ed. Pelling, Mark and Blackburn, Sophie (New York: Routledge, 2013), 173-198. 870  
Balogun, Abdul-Lateef, Shekhar, Himanshu, Budryte, Paulina, Okunola, Olasunkanmi H., Abdul-Kareem, Teslim, Abubakar, Ismaila R., Aina, Yusuf A., Tella, Abdulwaheed and Yekeen, Shamsudeen T., "Urban Resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Transformative Digitalization in European Smart Cities to Address Climate Change" in Resilient Smart Cities ed. Sharifi, Ayyoob and Salehi, Pourya (Cham: Springer Cham, 2022), 355-373. 211  
Bohle, Hans-Georg and Glade, Thomas, "Vulnerabilitätskonzepte in Sozial- und Naturwissenschaften" in Naturrisiken und sozialkatastrophen ed. Felgentreff, Carsten and Glade, Thomas (Heidelberg: Elsevier/Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2006). 692  
Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos, "Vulnerability asessment : the sector approach" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006), n/a-n/a. 384  
Bogardi, Janos J. and Birkmann, Joern, "Vulnerability assessment : the first step towards sustainable risk reduction" in Disasters and society : from hazard assessment to risk reduction ed. Malzahn, Dorthe and Plapp, Tina (Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin, 2005), 1-83. 1205  
Welle, Torsten, Depietri, Yaella, Angignard, Marjory, Birkmann, Joern, Renaud, Fabrice G. and Greiving, Stefan, "Vulnerability assessment to heat waves, floods, and earthquakes using the MOVE framework: test case Cologne, Germany" in Assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards ed. Birkmann, Joern, Kienberger, S. and Alexander, D. (Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2014), 91-124. 540  
Birkmann, Joern, Garschagen, Matthias, Tuan, Vo Van and Binh, Nguyen T., "Vulnerability, Coping and Adaptation to Water Related Hazards in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta" in The Mekong Delta System: Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordecht: Springer Netherlands, 2012), 245-289. 985  
Birkmann, Joern, Garschagen, Matthias, Tuan, Vo Van and Binh, Nguyen T., "Vulnerability, coping and adaptation to water related hazards 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), 245-298. 960  
van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko, "Vulnerability, coping and loss and damage from climate events" in Hazards, risks and disasters in society ed. Collins, Andrew E. (n/a: Elsevier, 2015), 121-144. 1146 2341 0
Bach, Claudia and Birkmann, Joern, "Vulnerability of water and electricity supply to natural hazards" in Disaster management and risk reduction: role of environmental knowledge ed. Gupta, A.K., Nair, S.S., Bemmerlein-Lux, F. and Chatterji, S. (New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House, 2013), 271-284. 414  
Bach, Claudia and Birkmann, Joern, "Vulnerability of water and wlectricity supply to natural hazards" in Disaster management and risk reduction: role of environmental knowledge ed. Gupta, Aarti (New Delhi: Narosa, 2013), 271-284. 434  
Renaud, Fabrice G. and Wirkus, Lars, "Water, climate change and human security: conflict and migration" in The global water crisis: addressing an urgent security issue ed. Bigas, Harriet (Hamilton: UNU-INWEH, 2012), 34-45. 585 436
Sanchez Santillano, Federico A., Koli, Margaret, Cheo, Ambe Emmanuel, Nguedia, Axel and Tambo, Erick G., "Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Technologies in Africa’s Sahel Region and SDGs 2, 6, and 7" in SDGs in Africa and the Middle East Region ed. Filho, Walter L., Abubakar, Ismaila R., da Silva, Izael, Pretorius, Rudi and Tarabieh, Khaled (Cham: Springer Nature, 2022), 1-23. 209  
Renaud, Fabrice G., "Water pollution and over-exploitation: assessing the vulnerability of people exposed to creeping water-related hazards" in Challenges in water resources management: vulnerability, risk and water resources preservation ed. Eulisse, E. (Italy: Water Civilizations International Centre,, 2011), 31-39.. 515  
Dolidon, Nicolas, Hofer, Thomas, Jansky, Libor and Sidle, Roy, "Watershed and forest management for landslide risk reduction" in Landslide : disaster disk reduction ed. Sassa, Kyoji and Canuti, Paolo (Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer, 2009), 633-649. 476  
Affeltranger, Bastien, Bogardi, Janos J. and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Wetlands and Riverine habitat : living with water" in UN ISDR : know risk (Geneva: Tudor Rose Publishing, 2005), 258-261. 523  
Birkmann, Joern, "Zusammenfassende thesen und vorschl�ge zum risikomanagement in der raumplanung" in Endbericht ARL-AK risikomanagement in der raumplanung, forschungs- und sitzungsberichte der akademie f�r raumforschung und landesplanung (Hannover: Endbericht ARL-AK Risikomanagement in der Raumplanung, Forschungs- und Sitzungsberichte der Akademie f�r Raumforschung und Landesplanung, 2011), 81-88,. 357