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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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Climate Risk Polycentricity and the IAD Framework
TL;DR: In this paper, the IAD framework is used to support climate risk governance in U.S. state climate policy action situations, including the role of state actors in their horizontal and vertical capacities.
Vivências transmasculinas em espaços educacionais de nível superior do Sul do Brasil e a multiplicidade espacial
TL;DR: In this article, a trajetoria de inteligibilidade do fenomeno eleito foi delineada a partir de 10 entrevistas with transcritas, analisadas e sistematizadas com base na analise de conteudo do discurso, as quais alimentaram o banco de dados LibreOffice Base.
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Poverty and Gender Oriented Vulnerabilities to Food and Water Scarcity in Touroua, Cameroon
TL;DR: In this article, the vulnerability of different income groups and gender to food and water shortages caused by deforestation and based on population perceptions was analyzed, and data was obtained through the ra...
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Exploring the Impact of Multidimensional Refugee Vulnerability on Distancing as a Protective Measure Against COVID-19: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and Turkey
Dima Al Munajed,Elizabeth Ekren +1 more
TL;DR: An interdisciplinary framework is suggested, based on biosocial perspectives on health, to guide more relevant COVID-19 responses in refugee communities, to mitigate decreased distancing abilities in settings of refugee life.
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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.