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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. 560  
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.. 606  
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. 741  
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. 480  
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. 91  
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. 609  
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. 489  
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. 4765 414
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. 552   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. 1056  
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. 990  
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. 1142  
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. 98  
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. 491 204
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. 605 315
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. 93  
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. 865 1357
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. 639  
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. 1049  
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. 570  
Panchi Robles, Sofia and Sandholz, Simone, "The role of urban infrastructures for sustainable development of Andean cities" in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, Vol. 2: Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024), 43-45. 53  
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. 620  
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. 85  
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. 664 158
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. 1090 984
Welle, Torsten, Birkmann, Joern, Rhyner, Jakob, Witting, Maximilian and Wolfertz, Jan, "TheWorldRiskIndex" in WorldRiskReport 2013 (Berlin: B�ndnis Entwicklung Hilft, 2013), 45-55. 760 11276
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). 429  
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. 448  
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. 449  
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. 482  
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. 201 94
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. 493 276
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. 937  
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. 392  
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. 661  
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. 908  
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. 277  
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). 738  
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. 434  
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. 1282  
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. 593  
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. 1049  
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. 1019  
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. 1237 2414 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. 457  
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. 488  
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. 630 463
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. 285  
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.. 552  
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. 536