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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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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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Physical Forcing Induced Coastal Vulnerability along the Gulf of Guinea
Angora Aman,René A. Tano,Elisée Toualy,Foungnigué Silué,Kwasi Appeaning Addo,Regina Folorunsho +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the vulnerability of the Gulf of Guinea coast is analyzed by several statistical methods and a numerical vulnerability model to map the vulnerabilities of the different coastlines of this region, showing that the vulnerability is influenced by geomorphology, tide, waves and rainfall intensity.
Preparing for Disasters in Global Cities: An International Comparison
Tim Prior,Florian Roth +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an international comparison of the preparedness for disasters in global cities, focusing on the Swiss city of Zurich and the global city of New York, with respect to three types of cities: vulnerable, resilient, and resilient.
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An Assessment of Human Vulnerability to Hazards in the US Coastal Northeast and mid-Atlantic
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the human vulnerability of 184 counties based on demographic, social and economic factors, and found that 7 of the 15 most vulnerable counties have population sizes of more than half a million each.