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An institutional approach to vulnerability: evidence from natural hazard management in Europe
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Institutional vulnerability to natural hazards has not been thoroughly investigated until now. Yet, institutional vulnerability is strongly connected to all other vulnerability dimensions, and specific socio-economic and physical indicators.
M Papathoma-Köhle, T Thaler, S Fuchs
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Double exposure on the northern coast of the São Paulo State, Brazil [PDF]
, 2010 This paper examines how double exposure to both socio-economic and environmental stressors and the interaction between the two affect the population of the Northern coast of the São Paulo State, Brazil based on the conceptual and analytical framework ...
Martins, Rafael D'Almeida
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Natural Hazards Research, 2023 The concept of vulnerability overarches as a multidisciplinary subject. The umbrella term is widely used in several disciplines namely sociology, public health, geography, and disaster studies.
Sneha Biswas, Sunil Nautiyal
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COVID-19: District level vulnerability assessment in India
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021 Objectives: COVID-19 Pandemic has brought a threatening challenge to the world and as well as for Indian society and economy. In India, it has become a public health disaster and its' intensity increasing continuously.
Apurba Sarkar, Pradip Chouhan
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Socio-economic and Agricultural Vulnerability Across Districts of Karnataka [PDF]
, 2016 Vulnerability assessments can play a vital role in the design of appropriate adaptation and mitigation policies targeted towards climate change and its impacts on ecosystems, and those who depend upon these resources for their livelihoods and well-being.
Raju, K V, Deshpande, R S, Satyasiba, B
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Assessment of flood risk in a coastal city considering multiple socio-economic vulnerability scenarios [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological SciencesThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stresses the importance of vulnerability and exposure along with hazard in defining flood risk. Therefore, a novel approach for flood risk quantification is proposed that evaluates the impact of various ...
M. Ghosh +4 more
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Hydrology, 2023 Coastal areas are dynamic and complex systems exposed to waves, high tides, and storm surges. Often, these areas are densely populated and have essential socio-economic values for the region and country.
Zaviša Šimac +2 more
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Quantifying Air Pollution Vulnerability and its Distributional Consequences
Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal, 2019 This paper estimates Vulnerability Index of air pollution in Delhi taking into account exposure, susceptibility and coping capacity of households. A general health production function model and a vulnerability assessment framework are used for this ...
Shivani Gupta +2 more
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A spatially explicit and quantitative vulnerability assessment of ecosystem service change in Europe [PDF]
, 2008 Environmental change alters ecosystem functioning and may put the provision of services to human at risk. This paper presents a spatially explicit and quantitative assessment of the corresponding vulnerability for Europe, using a new framework designed ...
Cramer, W. +3 more
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ReAFFIRM: Real-time Assessment of Flash Flood Impacts: a Regional high-resolution Method [PDF]
, 2020 Flash floods evolve rapidly in time, which poses particular challenges to emergency managers. One way to support decision-making is to complement models that estimate the flash flood hazard (e.g.
Berenguer Ferrer, Marc +4 more
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