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Co** Strategies of the Farming Communities in the Indian Sundarbans Region to Adapt with Frequent Extreme Weather Events
Frequent extreme weather events result in substantial economic losses for farming communities, posing a significant threat to the livelihood security...
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How the Law Contributes to Protecting Energy Infrastructure from Extreme Weather Events: An Australian Case Study
Australia is a land of rich energy resources. The age and location of Australia’s stationary energy infrastructure means that energy may be generated...
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How the Law Contributes to Protecting Energy Infrastructure from Extreme Weather Events: An Australian Case Study
Australia is a land of rich energy resources. The age and location of Australia’s stationary energy infrastructure means that energy may be generated...
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The Influence of Nonhuman Assemblage Interactions on Small Farmers’ Perceptions of Weather in Oregon: A Social Network Analysis
Farmers’ perceptions of weather play an important role in sha** their responses to climate change. I combine assemblage theory, which focuses on...
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Community Perception of Climate Change and Extreme Heat Influences on Health: Study of Kolkata Metropolitan Region
It is necessary to consider the phenomenon of urbanism in the global context. The exponential growth of urban population accounts for an increase in...
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Coastal Vulnerability under Extreme Weather
Communities like Santa Barbara, California appear to have it all – beaches, mountains, sunshine, moderate temperatures, small urban population, and...
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Beyond Extreme: Heat Emergency and Water Insecurity for People Experiencing Houselessness in Phoenix, Arizona, USA During and After the Heatwave of 2023
The U.S. National Weather Service issues extreme heat warnings at 105 °F. The desert city of Phoenix, AZ, in the Southwest USA, regularly exceeds...
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Whether weather causes contention: assessing the ongoing resilience opportunity of telecommuting
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented overnight explosion in telecommuting. It has highlighted a new dependence on digital...
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It’s the Weather: Quantifying the Impact of Weather on Retail Sales
The weather is considered as an influential factor on consumer purchasing behaviours and plays a significant role in many aspects of retail sector...
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Extreme Temperature and Mortality by Educational Attainment in Spain, 2012–2018
Extreme temperatures are a threat to public health, increasing mortality in the affected population. Moreover, there is substantial research showing...
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The links between climate change and migration: a review of South Asian experiences
Migration, or human movement from one place to another, is nothing new. Numerous studies have found that, due to climate change and various extreme...
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Compounding Risks and Increased Vulnerabilities: Climate Change, Conflict, and Mobility in East Africa
East Africa’s population is vulnerable to weather and climate-related events because of its reliance on pastoralism for livelihoods, economic...
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Impacts of climate hazards on households along the Drakensberg Mountains in the Free State Province of South Africa
Mountains are climate change hotspots and their ecosystems are key components in the supply of ecosystem goods and services to local communities....
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Folklore, Traditional Beliefs, Taboo and Practices on Climate and Weather Forecasting by the Meitei Community of Manipur, North East India
Manipur state, which falls within the “Indo-Burma” centre of biodiversity “hotspot” of global significance and a part of the tertiary ranges of the...
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Navigating climate risk through loss and damage: implications for Bakarwal nomads in the Pir Panjal Range, India
Climate change is a global phenomenon that poses a significant threat to nomadic communities' traditional livelihoods worldwide. The Bakarwal ...
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Extreme weather and migration: evidence from Bangladesh
Using retrospective migration history data collected in southwestern Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between extreme weather conditions—warm...
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Market Solutions to Large Number Environmental Problem-Induced Changes in Risk Distributions
Climate change involves changes in risk distributions for extreme weather events, increasing uncertainty about where these events occur and their...
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Extreme Heat Related Mortality: Spatial Patterns and Determinants in the United States, 1979–2011
Extreme heat has been responsible for more deaths in the United States than any other weather-related phenomenon over the past decade. The frequency...
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The significance and symbolism of the number three in traditional cultural events of the Yugur ethnic minority of China
This paper introduces the symbolic and spiritual significance of the number three to the people of the Chinese Yugur ethnic minority for their...
