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Warner, Koko, "Evidence of the impacts of climate change on human security in Africa, with reference to migration and water-related conflict" in Climate change, social stress and violent conflict: state of the art and research needs ed. Scheffran, J. (Dordrecht: Springer, 2010), 3-40. 762  
Schaefer, Laura, Warner, Koko and Kreft, Soenke, "Exploring and managing adaptation frontiers with climate risk insurance" in Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Principles, and Policy Options ed. Mechler, Reinhard, Bouwer, Laurens, Linnerooth-Bayer, Joanne, Schinko, Thomas and Surmiski, Swenja (Basel: Springer International, 2018), na-na. 1194  
Bogardi, Janos J., Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos and Sakulski, Dusan, "Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus" in Geophysical hazards: minimizing risk, maximizing awareness series ed. Beer, T. (Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer, 2010), 31-39. 732  
Warner, Koko, Kreft, Soenke, Harmeling, Sven and Roberts, Erin, "Framing the loss and damage debate: A thought starter by the loss and damage in vulnerable countries initiative" in Climate change: International law and global governance ed. Ruppel, Oliver C., Roschmann, Christian and Ruppel-Schlichting, Katharina (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2013), 829-842. 1375  
Tomaszewski, Brian, Konovitz-Davern, Angelica, Schwartz, David, Szarzynski, Joerg, Siedentopp, Lena, Miller, Ashley and Hartz, Jacob, "GIS and Serious Games" in Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems ed. Cova, T. J. and Tsou, M. H. (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2017), n/a-n/a. 1134  
Keiler, Margreth, Schneiderbauer, Stefan and Fuchs, Sven, "Global change, related impact on natural hazard processes, and potential consequences in social-ecological mountain systems" 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), 23-29. 45  
Birkmann, Joern, "Global disaster response and reconstruction: stabilization versus destabilization" in Risk and planet earth: vulnerability, natural hazards, integrated adaptation strategies ed. Dölemeyer, Anne, Zimmer, Janek and Tetzlaff, Gerd (Stuttgart: Schweizerbart, 2010), 43-55. 590  
Bogardi, Janos J. and Brauch, Hans G., "Global environmental change : a challenge for Human Security. Defining and conceptualising the environmental dimension of human security." in UNEO - towards an international environment organization : approaches to a sustainable reform of global environmental governance ed. Rechkemmer, Andreas (Baden-Baden: Nomos Press, 2005), n/a-n/a. 701  
Garschagen, Matthias, "Governing Cross-Border Effects of Disasters in Urbanising Asia: What Do We Know?" in Crossing Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters in a Global Urban Age in Asia and the Pacific ed. Ann Miller, Michelle, Douglass, Michael and Garschagen, Matthias (Singapore: Springer Nature, 2018), 59-78. 415  
Cheo, Ambe Emmanuel, Ibrahim, Boubacar and Tambo, Erick Gankam, "Groundwater resources development for livelihoods enhancement in the sahel region: a case study of Niger" in Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and equitable Growth ed. Re, Viviana, Manzione, Rodrigo Lilla, Abiye, Tamiru A., Mukherji, Aditi and MacDonald, Alan (Leiden: CRC Press, 2022), 25-61. 287  
Cheo, Ambe Emmanuel, Ibrahim, Boubacar and Tambo, Erick Gankam, "Groundwater resources development for livelihoods enhancement in the sahel region: a case study of Niger" in Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and equitable Growth ed. Re, Viviana, Manzione, Rodrigo Lilla, Abiye, Tamiru A., Mukherji, Aditi and MacDonald, Alan (Leiden: CRC Press, 2022), 25-61. 243  
Wagner, Frank, Tran, Vuong Bui and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Groundwater resources in the Mekong Delta: availability, utilization and risks" in The Mekong Delta system: interdisciplinary analyses of a river delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and C. Kuenzer (Dordrecht: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering, XV, Springer, 2012), 201-220. 775  
Kumar, Atul, Satheesh, Arjun, Mukherjee, Mahua, Naorem, Vickyson, Ravan, Shirish A., Schreyers, Louise, Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen, Walz, Yvonne and Mallawantantri, Ananda, "Harnessing Geospatial Data to Design Blue-green Infrastructure for Building Regional and Local Scale Disaster Resilience" in Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume V ed. Babu, Ananda (London: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023), 10-31. 26  
Birkmann, Joern, "Hochwasserrisikomanagement im regierungsbezirk K�ln: analysen der aussagen zum hochwasserschutz im regionalplan" 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), 105-109. 481  
Warner, Koko, Hoffmaister, Juan and Milan, Andrea, "Human Mobility and Adaptation: Reducing Susceptibility to Climatic Stressors and Mainstreaming" in Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration ed. Hillmann, Felicitas, Pahl, Marie, Rafflenbeul, Birte and Sterly, Harald (London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015), 41-56. 555   0
Sebesvari, Zita, "Implementing nature-based solutions at scale–prioritising decisions for maximising public gain" in Transboundary Cooperation and Global Governance for Inclusive Sustainable Development: Contributions in Honour of Dirk Messner's 60th Birthday ed. Scholz, Imme, Busse, Lilian and Fues, Thomas (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2022), 177-182. 360 65
Birkmann, Joern, "Indicators and criteria for measuring vulnerability : theoretical bases and requirements" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 904  
Garschagen, Matthias, Hagenlocher, Michael, Sabelfeld, Robert and Lee, Yew Jin, "Infrastructure as a risk factor" in World Risk Report 2016 ed. Jeschonnek, Lars, Mucke, Peter, Walter, Julia and Kirch, Lotte (Berlin: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (Alliance Development Works); United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), 2016), 14-21. 789  
Warner, Koko, Kreft, Soenke, Zissener, Michael, Höppe, Peter, Bals, Christoph, Loster, Thomas, Linnerooth-Bayer, Joanne, Tschudi, Silvio, Gurenko, Eugene, Haas, Armin, Young, Simon, Kovacs, Paul, Dlugolecki, Andrew and Oxley, Aaron, "Insurance solutions in the context of climate-change-related loss and damage: needs, gaps and roles of the UNFCCC in addressing loss and damage" in Climate change: international law and global governance, volume II: policy, diplomacy and governance in a changing environment ed. Ruppel, Oliver C., Roschmann, Christian and Ruppel-Schlichting, Katharina (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2013), n/a-n/a. 1508  
Warner, Koko, "Interdisciplinary approaches to researching environmental change and migration" in Handbook of research methods in migration ed. Castles, Stephen, Cohen, R., Delgado-Wise, R. and DeWind, J. (Cheltenham / Masschusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2011), 273-294. 506  
Bogardi, Janos J., "Introduction" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 496  
Kuenzer, Claudia and Renaud, Fabrice G., "Introduction" in The Mekong Delta system. Interdisciplinary analyses of a river delta ed. Renaud, Fabrice G. and Kuenzer, Claudia (Dordrecht: Springer Environmental Science Engineering, 2012), n/a-n/a. 611  
Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Szarzynski, Joerg and Shroder, John, "Introduction" 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), 3-8. 50  
Pachova, Nevelina I., Renaud, Fabrice G. and Jansky, Libor, "Land degradation, livelihoods and vulnerability in Pamir-Alai mountains in Central Asia." in Global change, biodiversity and livelihoods in cold desert region of Asia ed. Saxena, K.G., Liang, Luohui and Xue, X. (Dehradun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 2011), 233-242. 728  
Shen, Xiaomeng, "Linking Oriental and Western thinking to mitigate flood risk" in Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security : threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks ed. Brauch, Hans G. (Berlin & Heidelberg.: Springer, 2009), n/a-n/a. 858  
van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko, "Loss and damage from droughts and floods in rural Africa" in Inside Africa’s agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics: Digging deeper ed. Akinyoade, Akinyinka, Klaver, Wijnand, Soeters, Sebastiaan and Foeken, Dick (Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2014), 276-293. 933  
Birkmann, Joern, Fernando, Nishara and Hettige, Siri, "Measuring vulnerability in Sri Lanka at the local level" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 543  
Birkmann, Joern, Dech, Stefan, Hirzinger, Gerd, Klein, Reinhard, Klüpfel, Hubert, Lehmann, Frank, Mott, Claudius, Nagel, Kai, Schlurmann, Torsten, Setiadi, Neysa J., Siegert, Florian and Strunz, Günter, "Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster resilient societies : conceptual frameworks and definitions" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 1199  
Fernando, Nishara, Warner, Koko and Birkmann, Joern, "Migration and natural hazards: is relocation a secondary disaster or an opportunity for vulnerability reduction?" in Environment, forced migration and social vulnerability ed. Afifi, T. and J�ger, J. (Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2010), 145-156. 593  
Warner, Koko and Laczko, Frank, "Migration, environment and development : new directions for research" in International migration and development - continuing the dialogue : legal and policy perspectives ed. Chamie, Joseph and Dall´Oglio, Lucca (New York & Geneva: International Organization for Migration and Center for Migration Studies (CMS), 2008), 235-255. 630  
Birkmann, Joern, "Monitoring im Rahmen der Neuausrichtung planerischer Steuerung, vor dem Hintergrund der Novellierung des Landesplanungsrechts in Nordrhein-Westfalen" in Novellierung des Landesplanungsrechts in Nordrhein-Westfalen : Arbeitsmaterial für Raumforschung und Landesplanung Nr. 327 ed. Birkmann, Joern and Finke, Lothar (Hannover: Akad. für Raumforschung u. Landesplanung (ARL), 2005), 1-56. 483  
Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos, "Natural disasters and early warning in the context of human security" in International security, peace, development and environment (vol 2) ed. Oswald Spring, Úrsula (Abu Dhabi: UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), 2007), n/a-n/a. 476 145
Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Nehren, Udo, Sebesvari, Zita, Rai, Shivani and Wong, Ingrid, "Nature-based solutions to reduce risks and build resilience in mountain regions" 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), 115-126. 57  
van der Geest, Kees, Burger, Kees, Yelfaanibe, Augustine and Dietz, Ton, "Not the Usual Suspects: Environmental Impacts of Migration in Ghana’s Forest-Savanna Transition Zone" in Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future ed. Chabay, Ilan, Frick, Martin and Helgeson, Jennifer (n/a: Elsevier, 2015), 463-481. 847 336 0
Birkmann, Joern, Dech, Stefan, Hirzinger, Gerd, Klein, Reinhard, Klüpfel, Hubert, Lehmann, Frank, Mott, Claudius, Nagel, Kai, Schlurmann, Torsten, Setiadi, Neysa J., Siegert, Florian and Strunz, Günter, "Numerical last-mile tsunami early warning and evacuation information system" in Geotechnologien science report : early warning system in earth management (no.10) (Potsdam: DFG, 2007), 62-74. 503 287
Durand-Delacre, David, "Obstacles to Action on 'Climate Migration': A Story of Persistent Analytical and Political Ambiguity" in Climate Migration: Critical Perspectives for Law, Policy, and Research ed. Nicholson, Calum and Mayer, Benoit (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023), 111-130. 91 11
Garschagen, Matthias, "Opportunities and challenges of climate change adaptation in high risk areas using the example of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam" in Risk and planet earth: vulnerability, natural hazards, integrated adaptation strategies ed. Dölemeyer, Anne, Zimmer, Janek and Tetzlaff, Gerd (Stuttgart: Schweizerbart, 2010), 56-65. 702  
Girón De León, Haniel, Rhyner, Jakob, Staudinger, Michael and Szarzynski, Joerg, "People-centered, multi-hazard early warning systems in mountains: learning from the Fuego Volcano, Guatemala" 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), 51-56. 44  
Oswald Spring, Úrsula, "Políticas alimentarias" in Agenda para el desarollo : derechos y políticas sociales ed. Calva, José L. (Mexico City: Miguel Angel Porrua, 2007), 231-253. 433 217
Shrestha, Rupesh, Fekete, Alexander and Sandholz, Simone, "Post-earthquake Recovery in Nepal" in Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings ed. Roggema, Rob and Roggema, Anouk (Cham: Springer, 2020), 51-70. 745  
Fanchiotti, Margherita and Szarzynski, Joerg, "Preparing for and responding to the environmental dimensions of emergencies and crises in mountain areas: insights from the United Nations" 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), 63-67. 37  
Bogardi, Janos J., Birkmann, Joern, Gebert, Niklas and Setiadi, Neysa J., "Preparing for low-frequency, extreme natural hazards : contributing to Human Security by enhancing freedom from hazard impact" in Facing global environmental change : environmental, human, energy, food, health and water security concepts / hexagon series on human and environmental security and Peace (vol. 4) ed. Brauch, Hans G., Oswald Spring, Úrsula, Grin, John, Mesjasz, Czeslaw, Kameri-Mbote, Patricia, Behera, Navnita C., Béchir, Chourou and Krummenacher, Heinz (Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2009), 283-294. 577  
Birkmann, Joern, Garschagen, Matthias, Tuan, Vo Van and Binh, Nguyen T., "Profiling present and future vulnerability to water-related hazards 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), 83-132. 965  
Etzold, Benjamin, Ahmed, Ahsan Uddin, Hassan, Selim Reza, Neelormi, Sharmind and Afifi, Tamer, "Rainfall Variability, Hunger, and Social Inequality, and Their Relative Influences on Migration: Evidence from Bangladesh" in Environmental Migration and Social Inequality ed. McLeman, Robert, Schade, Jeanette and Faist, Thomas (Geneva: Springer International Publishing, 2015), 27-41. 501  
Birkmann, Joern, "Regulation and coupling of society and nature in the context of natural hazards" 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), 1103-1128.. 565  
Birkmann, Joern, Garschagen, Matthias, Fernando, Nishara, Hettige, Siri, Tuan, Vo Van and Oliver-Smith, Anthony, "Relocation: Reduction in exposure: Increase in susceptibility? Measuring dynamics of vulnerability before, during and after relocation processes in the context of disasters and natural hazards" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards: Towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2013), 505-550. 677  
Bohle, Hans-Georg and Dikau, Richard, "Risiken, Katastrophen und Global Environmental Change" in Naturrisiken und sozialkatastrophen ed. Felgentreff, Carsten and Glade, Thomas (Heidelberg: Elsevier/Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006), 1-454. 451  
Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Delves, Jess L., Pedoth, Lydia, Wyss, Romano and Luthe, Tobias, "Risk and resilience research in mountains worldwide - review and reflections" 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), 101-108. 43  
Hagenlocher, Michael, Thieken, Annegret, Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Aguirre Ayerbe, Ignacio, Dobes, Pavel, Donovan, Amy, Morsut, Claudia, Paris, Nicholas, Pedoth, Lydia and Tonmoy, Fahim, "Risk Assessment" in Science for Disaster Risk Management: acting today, protecting tomorrow ed. Casajus Valles, A., Marin Ferrer, M., Poljanšek, K. and Clark, I. (Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020), 54-65. 545  
Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos, "Risk assessment using GIS tools : examples from Guatemala" in Geoinformation for development : bridging the divide through partnerships ed. Zeil, Peter and Kienberger, Stefan (Heidelberg: Herbert Wichmann Verlag, 2007), 189-196. 441