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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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Increase of Elderly Population in the Rainstorm Hazard Areas of China.
Pujun Liang,Wei Xu,Wei Xu,Yunjia Ma,Yunjia Ma,Xiujuan Zhao,Xiujuan Zhao,Lianjie Qin,Lianjie Qin +8 more
TL;DR: The results show that the extreme precipitation trends are increasing in southeastern China, and the size of the population exposed to rainstorm hazards at the county scale can provide scientific evidence for developing disaster prevention and mitigation strategies from the bottom up.
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Fault zone regulation, seismic hazard, and social vulnerability in Los Angeles, California: Hazard or urban amenity?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors constructed a relative social vulnerability index classification for Los Angeles to examine the social condition within regions of significant seismic hazard, including areas regulated as Alquist-Priolo (AP) Act earthquake fault zones.
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Resilience issues and challenges into built environments: a review
TL;DR: A review of existing strategies and tools aiming at facilitating the operationalization of the concept of resilience into built environments is presented in this article, which highlights the multitude of approaches and methodologies to address the bias of the lack of integration of resilience in risk management.
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Putting People at the Center of Climate Change Adaptation Plans: A Vulnerability Approach
Andrew Rumbach,Neema Kudva +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a case selection of plans from coastal and inland cities, both large and small, and all but one are from counties amongst the most vulnerable in the U.S. They conclude that cities must integrate climate action strategies into their long-range Comprehensive Plans to take full advantage of the targeting and coordination possibilities that a vulnerability approach offers.
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After Hurricane Maria: Predisaster Conditions, Hurricane Damage, and Recovery Needs in Puerto Rico
Jordan R. Fischbach,Linnea Warren May,Katie Whipkey,Shoshana R. Shelton,Christine Anne Vaughan,Devin Tierney,Kristin J. Leuschner,Lisa S. Meredith,Hilary J. Peterson +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a comprehensive assessment of the commonwealth's challenges and the damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes and identified short and longer-term needs for Puerto Rico to recover and to build resilience to future storms; economic, social and environmental trends; and ongoing governance challenges.
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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.