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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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Integrating Prediction and Performance Models into Scenario-based Resilient Community Design.
TL;DR: Findings show that the current future land use plan for Tampa, while it appears to be better than current patterns of development, has higher flood exposure, stormwater runoff, and pollutant discharge that current conditions but more than a purely resilient approach to future growth.
Dissertation
Exploring older adults' understandings of disaster preparedness : a New Zealand perspective : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
TL;DR: A series of 26 qualitative interviews using a narrative methodology was undertaken in 2012 with participants located in Wellington and Christchurch (median ages 84, and 80), New Zealand as mentioned in this paper.
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A Simulation of the Resilience of Cultural Diversity in the Face of Large-Scale Events
Roberto Ulloa,Celina Kacperski +1 more
TL;DR: Using CulSim, a cultural simulator that enables the study of cultural complexity and diversity based on Axelrod's (1997b) model of local convergence and global polarization and its extension including institutions, results show a strong positive relation between cultural diversity and resilience.
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Indicator Based Vulnerability Assessment of Chhayanath-Rara Municipality, Western Nepal
TL;DR: In this paper, the vulnerability assessment was based on the scoring of the responses emanated from indicator-based household's survey, which ranged from 16.50 to 21.75 and were categorized into five classes after standardization.
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Regional Structural Investigation on the Preservation Districts of Yuasa and Ine in Japan
TL;DR: The preservation district of groups of traditional buildings is an important category of cultural properties in Japan as mentioned in this paper, but conventional culturallife is not suitable for the preservation of such buildings.
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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.