Although both improved risk communication and the building of social capacities have been advocated as vital ways to increase societies’ resilience towards natural hazards across the world, the literature has rarely examined the ways in which these two concepts may integrate in theory and...

[Einleitung ...] Die vorliegende Studie wurde von Februar bis November 2019 in Kooperation des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) mit dem Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) und der Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien (AEE)...

Travel to and from school is a regular part of life for most children. Such movement can also have important social, economic, and environmental implications, both for individuals and for wider society. This paper uses innovative methods to examine the complexity of the school journey, and to...

This article examines the tensions between 'big' engineering solutions to sustainable water management and the role of the 'small' everyday innovations by domestic consumers. Using the recent drought in the south east of England as a case study, we explore how, within the context of the...

Climate change, socio-demographic change and changing patterns of ordinary consumption are creating new and unpredictable pressures on urban water resources in the UK. While demand management is currently offered as a first option for managing supply/demand deficit, the uncertainties around...