Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2015 Special issue on Demographic differential vulnerability to climate-related disasters
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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2015 Special issue on Demographic differential vulnerability to climate-related disasters
ISSN 1728-4414
Print Edition ISSN 1728-5305 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8007-4 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8041-8 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2015
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2015 2016, 300 Seiten, 24x17cm, broschiert € 60,–
J. Andres F. Ignacio,
Grace T. Cruz,
Fernando Nardi,
Sabine Henry
S. 91 - 129 doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2015s91 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2015s91
Abstract: As global warming and climate change predictions become increasingly certain, there is mounting pressure to gain a better understanding of disaster risk. Climate change is seen as a major contributing factor in the recent increases in the losses and damages attributed to hazard extremes. Vulnerability is one of the key components of risk. Yet identifying who the vulnerable segments of the population are, and to which specific hazards different groups are vulnerable, remains a challenge. Measuring social vulnerability has become an active area of research, with scholars attempting to capture the differential vulnerabilities of the population exposed to certain hazards. To address these research challenges, we developed in this study social vulnerability indices at the most basic level of governance in the Philippines using raw, individual-level census data for the entire country. Our goal in conducting this research is to establish relationships between the derived vulnerability measurements and flood exposure and the impacts of coastal flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Washi in the southern Philippines in December 2011. We find that exposure rather than vulnerability appears to play a greater role in the magnitude of the losses and damages resulting from this particular type of hazard at the localized scale. Published Online: 2016/09/20 19:35:08 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x00344f4f Rights: .
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