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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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Vulnerability and resilience: Coalescing or paralleling approaches for sustainability science?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors briefly review the emergence of sustainability science and the three foundational pivots relevant to vulnerability and resilience, and highlight the distinctions and similarities between the two research themes as practiced within sustainability science, especially in regard to the attention given to the three pivots.
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Validation of a social vulnerability index in context to river-floods in Germany.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and validated a social vulnerability map of population characteristics towards river-floods covering all counties in Germany, based on a composite index of three main indicators for social vulnerability in Germany.
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Earthquake-Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts
Xuanmei Fan,Gianvito Scaringi,Gianvito Scaringi,Oliver Korup,A. Joshua West,Cees J. van Westen,Hakan Tanyas,Niels Hovius,Tristram Hales,Randall W. Jibson,Kate E. Allstadt,Li Min Zhang,Stephen G. Evans,Chong Xu,Gen Li,Xiangjun Pei,Qiang Xu,Runqiu Huang +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze how earthquakes trigger landslides and highlight research gaps, and suggest pathways toward a more complete understanding of the seismic effects on the Earth's surface, highlighting research gaps.
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Children and Disasters: Understanding Vulnerability, Developing Capacities, and Promoting Resilience — An Introduction
TL;DR: This comprehensive overview of the literature on children and disasters argues that scholars and practitioners should more carefully consider the experiences of children themselves and improve their access to resources, empower them by encouraging their participation, offer support, and ensure equitable treatment.
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Social Vulnerability and Racial Inequality in COVID-19 Deaths in Chicago.
Sage J Kim,Wendy B. Bostwick +1 more
TL;DR: The relative burden of social vulnerability and health risk factors are examined to understand the emerging pattern of racial inequality in the effects of COVID-19 and it is argued that existing inequity is often highlighted in emergency conditions.
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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.