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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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Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness
Fran H. Norris,Fran H. Norris,Fran H. Norris,Susan P. Stevens,Susan P. Stevens,Susan P. Stevens,Betty Pfefferbaum,Betty Pfefferbaum,Betty Pfefferbaum,Karen Fraser Wyche,Karen Fraser Wyche,Karen Fraser Wyche,Rose L. Pfefferbaum,Rose L. Pfefferbaum,Rose L. Pfefferbaum +14 more
TL;DR: To build collective resilience, communities must reduce risk and resource inequities, engage local people in mitigation, create organizational linkages, boost and protect social supports, and plan for not having a plan, which requires flexibility, decision-making skills, and trusted sources of information that function in the face of unknowns.
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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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Framing vulnerability, risk and societal responses: the MOVE framework
Joern Birkmann,Joern Birkmann,Omar D. Cardona,M. L. Carreño,Alex H. Barbat,Mark Pelling,Mark Pelling,Stefan Schneiderbauer,Stefan Kienberger,Margreth Keiler,David Alexander,Peter Zeil,Torsten Welle +12 more
TL;DR: The framework presented enhances the discussion on how to frame and link vulnerability, disaster risk, risk management and adaptation concepts and shows key linkages between the different concepts used within the disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation research.
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SEVUCAS: A Novel GIS-Based Machine Learning Software for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment
Saro Lee,Mahdi Panahi,Hamid Reza Pourghasemi,Himan Shahabi,Mohsen Alizadeh,Ataollah Shirzadi,Khabat Khosravi,Assefa M. Melesse,Mohamad Yekrangnia,Fatemeh Rezaie,Hamindreza Moeini,Binh Thai Pham,Baharin Bin Ahmad +12 more
TL;DR: A GIS-based open source software entitled Seismic-Related Vulnerability Calculation Software (SEVUCAS), based on the Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) method and geographic information system, has been developed to assess seismic vulnerability by considering four groups of criteria.
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Social vulnerability projections improve sea-level rise risk assessments
R. Dean Hardy,Mathew E. Hauer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present three scenarios of inundation exposure due to future sea-level rise in coastal Georgia from 2010 to 2050 and align them with five population projection scenarios of socially vulnerable sub-populations via the Hamilton-Perry method and the theory of demographic metabolism.
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Social Vulnerability (Re-)Assessment in Context to Natural Hazards: Review of the Usefulness of the Spatial Indicator Approach and Investigations of Validation Demands
TL;DR: If and in which aspects such an indicator approach is regarded as useful by scientific studies is analyzed, by means of a literature review of 63 articles, which indicates a need for more research on the validation and justification of indicators.
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Inequalities in exposure and awareness of flood risk in England and Wales
TL;DR: In all areas except the Midlands, the working classes were more likely to reside in the floodplains; the greatest exposure inequality is seen in the North East and Anglian regions.
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A vulnerability index for post-disaster key sector prioritization
Krista Danielle S. Yu,Raymond R. Tan,Kathleen B. Aviso,Michael Angelo B. Promentilla,Joost R. Santos +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a vulnerability index that builds upon the foundations of the Leontief input-output model and the IIM, which is capable of identifying and prioritizing the key sectors in the aftermath of disasters.