Figures
1.1Diversity of outcomes through hazards, disasters, and adaptation
3.1The growth of instrumental meteorological observation, 1850–2012
3.3Illustration of geographical gaps in digitized Biraben plague datasets
5.1Engraving showing the drastic measures imposed by the Dutch government in 1745 to contain the rinderpest
6.1Dust Bowl farm in the Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, June 1938
6.2Painting by Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire – Destruction
7.2So-called ‘scenario trumpet’ projecting possible disaster scenarios