Part 1 People, Vulnerability and Resilience -- Demographic approaches to understanding impacts from disasters -- The four periods of natural and technological disasters -- Demographic and vulnerability aspects of affected populations and regionalization of natural hazards related with extreme rainfall events in Brazil -- Natural Disaster and Social Capital Nexus for Resilience: A study of Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Part 2 - Migration & Relocation, Climate Change and Spatial Impacts -- Relocation of Communities after Natural Disasters in Taiwan and Japan -- Long-term mass displacements after nuclear disasters - Are they the largest emergency displacements of human history?- The demography of Climate change -- Indigenous demographic change and climate change -- Part 3 - Community Life and Recovery -- Communities in Fukushima and Chernobyl - enabling and inhibiting factors for recovery in nuclear disaster areas -- Community Life in the Aftermath of Catastrophe-Caused Demographic Change -- More than time? How Gallivare coped with the 1868 Deprivation and Katherine conceded to the 1998 Cyclone Les -- Indigenous cultural and demographic assets for managing disasters -- Part 4 - Planning for Future -- Planning for population loss -- Lifeline networks: Disruption from disasters or disasters from disruption? OR Reliance, vulnerability and disruption -- Exploring indigenous knowledge for assessing volcanic hazards and improving emergency communication -- Population urbanisation and disaster risks -- Conclusion.