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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. 350   0
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  
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. 374  
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. 779  
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. 337  
Bogardi, Janos J., "Introduction" in Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies ed. Birkmann, Joern (Tokyo: UNU-Press, 2006). 325  
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  
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. 490  
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. 438  
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, 2014), 276-293. 526  
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). 345  
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). 561  
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. 423  
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  
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. 335  
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
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, 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
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. 515  
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
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. 255  
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. 379  
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  
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. 319  
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.. 409  
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. 406  
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  
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. 74  
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  
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
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. 320   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. 381  
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  
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
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
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
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  
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. 455  
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. 91  
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  
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
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
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
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  
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  
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. 289  
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  
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
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. 356