... inform decision-making, particularly in the context of urban planning. Design/methodology/approach The research study uses the example of heat stress in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and adopts participatory and quantitative forecasting methods to develop scenarios for human vulnerability and exposure...

... in an exposed geographical situation which is described. Originality/value – Whereas Second World War military history continues to be repeatedly re-examined, its social impacts are comparatively understated. This paper offers a rare example in English of the experience of a small town in Germany in 1945...

..., several members of the team behaved in a way that would threaten the life and health of passengers and staff in a real disaster. Most importantly, they violated communication rules, which led to a delay in the rescue process. In Germany, the public‐transport system in major cities is partly serviced...

... network approach dissolves the dichotomous relationship between humans and machines and society and technology into a non‐anthropocentric framework. This paper further develops this systemic perspective of SA through an analysis of the tragic 2002 mid‐air collision over Überlingen, Germany case study...