“…Traditionally viewed as a "low hazard" island-state that is not considered disaster prone, and that has even been described as the "safest place on Earth" (Camilleri, 2011), Malta is known to be exposed to, and at risk from, multiple endogenous and exogenous processes that may be considered acute and/or chronic in nature (Main, 2019;Main et al, 2018; Table 2). Two of the most well-known historic wounding events were the bombing raids between June 1940 and November 1942 when around 30,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed and almost 1,300 civilians were killed (Spooner, 1996), and the earthquake of 11 January 1693 that resulted in damage across the island-state (Main et al, 2018). Like all cities, city-states, island cities, and island-states in the contemporary neoliberal globalised era, the small city-island-state of Malta forms part of the complex, interconnected global system dominated by relational flows, connections, and arguably, dependencies with external political, social, and economic groups.…”