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Welle, Torsten, Birkmann, Joern, Rhyner, Jakob, Witting, Maximilian and Wolfertz, Jan, "TheWorldRiskIndex" in WorldRiskReport 2013 (Berlin: B�ndnis Entwicklung Hilft, 2013), 45-55. 435 8250
Bogardi, Janos J., "Ethical aspects of unforeseen and extreme events management such as floods and droughts" in Water ethics ed. Llamas, Ramón M., Martinez-Cortina, Luis and Mukherji, Aditi (London: Taylor and Francis, 2009). 390 2324
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. 575 754 0
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. 576 643
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. 445 340
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. 271 294
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. 336 248
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. 416 230
Bogardi, Janos J., Renaud, Fabrice G., Dun, Olivia, Warner, Koko and Afifi, Tamer, "Environmental migration : an overview and policy recommendations" in Migration, development and environment ed. Stojanov, Robert and Novosak, Jirí (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008), 2-34. 601 205
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. 312 165
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. 290 141
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. 2387 99
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. 283 98
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. 395 81 0
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. 366 78
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. 318 73
Setiadi, Neysa J., "Establishment of an effective people-centered tsunami early warning by understanding people's behavior and needs" in Perspektif terhadap kebencanaan dan lingkungan di Indonesia: studi kasus dan pengurangan dampak risikonya ed. Anwar, Herryal Z. and Harjono, H. (Bandung: LIPI, 2011), 35-52. 332 52
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. 373 34
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. 194 22
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. 67 20
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. 83 19
Sidze, Sandrine M., Koehler, Thomas and Szarzynski, Joerg, "Ethical Issues in Collecting Data from Informant of the Field" in Research Ethics in the Digital Age ed. Dobrick, Farina M., Fischer, Jana and Hagen, Lutz M. (Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018), 101-104. 37 10
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. 679  
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). 382  
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. 434  
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). 447  
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). 247  
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. 282  
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. 277  
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. 351  
Bogardi, Janos J., "Introduction" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 325  
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. 267  
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. 377  
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. 434  
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). 614  
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. 774  
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. 401  
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. 614  
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. 404  
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. 380  
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. 363  
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. 404  
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. 873  
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. 764  
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. 122  
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. 264  
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. 438  
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. 492  
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. 316  
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. 303