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Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1006 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social vulnerability & Vulnerability.read more
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Repeated Disasters and Chronic Environmental Changes Impede Generational Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge
Disaster Preparedness: Psychosocial Predictors for Hazard Readiness
TL;DR: The authors found that preparedness was positively correlated with risk perception, preparedness self-efficacy, hazard experience, media reliance (reliance on information about hazards through technology), and psychological sense of community.
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Impacts of rainfall and vulnerabilities in the metropolitan region of baixada santista, Brazil
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the process of urbanization and occupation of the municipalities of the metropolitan region of Baixada Santista/RMBS (Brazil) and the vulnerability of the population considering the events triggered by rainfall in the decade of 2000.
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Child Vulnerability and Well-being among Farmer Families
TL;DR: In this article, the authors aimed to identify vulnerability and well-being of children in a family of farmers, identify the typology of vulnerability, and analyze the relationship between family characteristics, characteristics of children with the vulnerability and wellbeing of children.
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Coral reefs ecosystem services under global environmental change : interdisciplinary approaches to guide science and action
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the impacts of environmental changes on ecosystems and ecosystem services and guide policy-making to respond to global environmental change in the ocean, focusing on social-ecological systems of coral reefs.
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A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters
Susan L. Cutter,Lindsey Barnes,Melissa Berry,Christopher G. Burton,Elijah Evans,Eric Tate,Jennifer J. Webb +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the disaster resilience of place (DROP) model is proposed to improve comparative assessments of disaster resilience at the local or community level, and a candidate set of variables for implementing the model are also presented as a first step towards its implementation.
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Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a methodology and a set of indicators for measuring baseline characteristics of communities that foster resilience by establishing baseline conditions, it becomes possible to monitor changes in resilience over time in particular places and to compare one place to another.
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A Social Vulnerability Index for Disaster Management
TL;DR: In this article, the development of a social vulnerability index (SVI) from 15 census variables at the census tract level for use in emergency management is described, and the potential value of the SVI by exploring the impact of Hurricane Katrina on local populations.
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Mapping community determinants of heat vulnerability.
Colleen E. Reid,Marie S. O'Neill,Carina J. Gronlund,Shannon J. Brines,Daniel G. Brown,Ana V. Diez-Roux,Jennifer Schwartz +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence that heat waves can result in both increased deaths and illness is substantial, and concern over this issue is rising because of climate change as discussed by the authors, and adverse health impacts from h...
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A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a Coastal City Flood Vulnerability Index (CCFVI) based on exposure, susceptibility and resilience to coastal flooding, which is applied to nine cities around the world, each with different kinds of exposure.