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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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Culture and disaster risk reduction: Lessons and opportunities
Jessica Mercer,Jean-Christophe Gaillard,Kate Crowley,Rachel Shannon,Bob Alexander,Simon Day,Julia Becker +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the need to consider "culture" within disaster risk reduction and cross disciplinary boundaries through four key questions: (a) How relevant is culture to disaster risk mitigation? (b) How we engage with different cultures? (c) How can local knowledge be accessed and utilized?
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Assessing socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia: statistical vs expert-based modeling.
TL;DR: By decomposing identified vulnerability “hotspots” into their underlying factors, this approach provides valuable information on both the location of neighborhoods, and (2) vulnerability factors that should be given priority in the context of targeted intervention strategies, to help to reduce the burden of vector-borne diseases.
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Understanding climate gentrification and shifting landscapes of protection and vulnerability in green resilient Philadelphia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a quantitative and spatial analytical approach to assess whether interventions called green resilient infrastructure (GRI) protect social groups traditionally most at risk and/or least able to adapt to climate impacts.
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Assessment of vulnerability to climate change using indicators: a meta-analysis of the literature
TL;DR: In this article, the most important methodological challenges facing indicator-based vulnerability assessment (IBVA) based on a set of key conceptual papers in the field are discussed, and a meta-analysis of a representative sample of peer-reviewed IBVA studies is conducted to identify how current research on IBVA is engaging with these challenges.
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A new method for analysing socio-ecological patterns of vulnerability
Marcel Kok,Matthias K. B. Lüdeke,Paul L. Lucas,Till Sterzel,Carsten Walther,Peter H. Janssen,Diana Sietz,Diana Sietz,Indra de Soysa +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a method for the analysis of socio-ecological patterns of vulnerability of people being at risk of losing their livelihoods as a consequence of global environmental change.
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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.