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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. 4663 388
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. 506   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. 1010  
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. 953  
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. 1091  
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. 46  
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. 432 191
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. 560 297
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. 44  
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. 805 1078
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. 591  
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. 998  
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. 510  
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. 568  
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. 42  
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. 1009 941
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. 605 145
Welle, Torsten, Birkmann, Joern, Rhyner, Jakob, Witting, Maximilian and Wolfertz, Jan, "TheWorldRiskIndex" in WorldRiskReport 2013 (Berlin: B�ndnis Entwicklung Hilft, 2013), 45-55. 716 11114
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). 392  
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. 416  
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. 427  
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. 454  
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. 139 49
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. 464 260
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. 889  
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. 351  
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. 620  
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. 882  
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. 220  
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). 704  
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. 395  
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. 1221  
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. 550  
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. 1003  
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. 971  
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. 1162 2358 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. 422  
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. 448  
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. 598 443
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. 222  
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.. 520  
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. 490  
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. 535  
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,. 363