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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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Dissertation
Adaptive Capacity of Human Communities to Environmental Disturbance
TL;DR: Newman et al. as discussed by the authors explored aspects of resident and community adaptive capacity to environmental disturbance in the context of wildfire and hurricane in Lee County, Florida and found that preexisting structural conditions, especially land development patterns, influence adaptive capacity and identify a number of local social characteristics and processes that support adaptation.
Journal Article
Impact of the 2012 Nigeria Flood on Emergent Cities of Nigeria: The Case of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the 2012 Nigeria flood on emergent cities of Nigeria using Yenagoa city as a case study was investigated using both primary and secondary data including the use of questionnaire and personal interview.
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Climate Adaptation Planning in the Northern Mariana Islands: Adapting Guidance for a Locally Appropriate Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study describes the climate adaptation planning efforts that were undertaken on the island of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.
Farmers vulnerability to climate change and production of Maize, Banana and Durian in Southern Philippines
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the vulnerability of the farmer-respondents in Southern Philippines, specifically Region XI and XII to climate change based on the integrated vulnerability assessment approach using vulnerability indicators.
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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.