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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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Urban settlements' vulnerability to flood risks in African cities: A conceptual framework
TL;DR: A framework for assessing urban settlements’ vulnerability to flood risks in Africa is developed and is currently being tested to assess various dimensions of vulnerability drivers in three urban communities in Ibadan metropolis, the third largest city in Nigeria, focusing more on flood risk perceptions and behaviour of the risk bearers.
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The Impact of Epidemics on Labor Market: Identifying victims of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in the Korean labor market
Ayoung Lee,Joonmo Cho +1 more
TL;DR: It was confirmed that the relative vulnerability of the labor market for older workers was higher than for the other age groups after the epidemic outbreak due to the double whammy of vulnerability in the medical and labor market.
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The adaptive capacity of New Zealand communities to wildfire
Pamela J. Jakes,E. R. Langer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a rural New Zealand community that experienced wildfire, process elements such as networks and relationships among locals, development and application of local knowledge and experience, and access to/application of expert knowledge and institutional capacity helped build adaptive capacity for disasters.
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Hurricane Events, Population Displacement, and Sheltering Provision in the United States
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the dilemma of post-disaster sheltering and housing as experienced after Hurricanes Andrew, Katrina, and Ike, and make recommendations toward integrating a process approach into current practices to recognize Âdisaster-induced displaced persons.
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Assessment of socioeconomic vulnerability to landslides using an indicator-based approach: methodology and case studies
Unni Eidsvig,Amanda M. McLean,Bjørn Vidar Vangelsten,Bjørn Kalsnes,R. L. Ciurean,Sotiris Argyroudis,Mike G. Winter,Olga Mavrouli,Stavroula Fotopoulou,Kyriazis Pitilakis,Audrey Baills,Jean-Philippe Malet,Gunilla Kaiser +12 more
TL;DR: The proposed model includes indicators that characterize the demographic, social and economic setting as well as indicators representing the degree of preparedness, effectiveness of the response and capacity to recover, and could easily be extended to include physical indicators accounting for the direct losses.
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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.