Assessment of social vulnerability to climate change at the local scale: development and application of a Social Vulnerability Index
Abstract
Social vulnerability to climate change is increasingly being acknowledged, and proposals to measure and manage it are emerging. Building upon this work, this paper proposes an approach to social vulnerability assessment using new empirical definitions of Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) components and new mechanism to aggregate and account for causal relationships among these components. To develop this index, the authors propose a combination...
Paper Details
Title
Assessment of social vulnerability to climate change at the local scale: development and application of a Social Vulnerability Index
Published Date
Jul 7, 2017
Journal
Volume
143
Issue
3-4
Pages
355 - 370
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