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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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Perceptions of disaster resilience in four Texas coastal communities
TL;DR: In this article, the importance of community resilience to disaster recovery and environmental risk mitigation has been highlighted, yet we know surprisingly little about how local residents cope with disasters and environmental risks.
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Risk Perception and Disaster Preparedness in Immigrants and Canadian-Born Adults: Analysis of a National Survey on Similarities and Differences.
TL;DR: The results showed that immigrants' risk perception and disaster preparedness were comparable to their Canadian-born counterparts, which suggests that these social groups may benefit from a risk communication and management strategy that addresses these risk perception dimensions to increase disasterparedness.
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Assessing and mapping human well-being for sustainable development amid flood hazards: Poyang Lake Region of China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors carried out an assessment of human well-being in the Poyang Lake Region of China (PLR), using GIS, remote sensing, and socioeconomic data.
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Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake.
Cecilia Sorensen,Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova,Emilie Calvello-Hynes,Avriel Diaz,Jay Lemery,Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra +5 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the trigger of a natural disaster during anomalous climate conditions and underlying social vulnerabilities were force multipliers contributing to a dramatic increase in ZIKV cases postearthquake.
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Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Planning and Assessment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline an approach to incorporate resilience into an existing transportation vulnerability assessment framework, focusing on the resilience capacities of absorptive capacity, restorative capacity, equitable access, and adaptive capacity (AREA).
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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.