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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2015

Special Issue: Demographic differential vulnerability to climate-related disasters

Guest editors: Raya Muttarak, Leiwen Jiang

The 2015 issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research examines the role of demography in understanding and addressing vulnerability, particularly in the context of climate change and climate-related disasters. The invited contributions in Demographic Debate xplore why demographers have been slow to engage with climate change research and highlight the potential contributions they can make, such as analysing the impacts of extreme climate events on mortality and assessing social vulnerability to natural hazards. The original articles address the issue of demographic differential vulnerability from different perspectives, drawing upon case studies from across the globe based on unique data and innovative methodologies. These contributions are topically divided into four broader sections. The first three look at the evidence on Differential mortality from extreme climate events, Spatial patterns of social vulnerability to weather and climate extremes, and Differential risk perceptions and climate actions. The fourth group of papers looks ahead and focus on forecasting future societies’ vulnerability and adaptive capacity through the lens of human capital.
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2015

Details

ISBN-13978-3-7001-8007-4
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-8041-8
Subject AreaSociology and Economics
Quality reviewrefereed - online - print
doi10.1553/populationyearbook2015

Introduction

Raya Muttarak, Wolfgang Lutz, Leiwen Jiang

What can demographers contribute to the study of vulnerability?

page 1

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Demographic Debate

Peter McDonald

Engagement of demographers in environmental issues from a historical perspective

page 15

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Anastasia J. Gage

The next best time for demographers to contribute to climate change research

page 19

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Lori M Hunter, Jane Menken

Will climate change shift demography’s ‘normal science’?

page 23

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Xizhe Peng, Qin Zhu

Barriers to involvement of Chinese demographers in climate change research

page 29

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Adrian C. Hayes

Population dynamics and climate change: A challenging frontier for the intrepid demographer

page 33

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Wolfgang Lutz

Two statements on population and sustainable development produced by global scientific panels in 2002 and 2012

page 37

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2015s37

Research Articles

Emilio Zagheni, Raya Muttarak, Erich Striessnig

Differential mortality patterns from hydro-meteorological disasters: Evidence from cause-of-death data by age and sex

page 47

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2015s47

Zhongwei Zhao, Yuan Zhu, Edward Jow-Chung Tu

Daily mortality changes in Taiwan in the 1970s: An examination of the relationship between temperature and mortality

page 71

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2015s71

J. Andres F. Ignacio, Grace T. Cruz, Fernando Nardi, Sabine Henry

Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines

page 91

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2015s91

Alex de Sherbinin, Guillem Bardy

Social vulnerability to floods in two coastal megacities: New York City and Mumbai

page 131

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Jacqueline Meijer-Irons

Who perceives what? A demographic analysis of subjective perception in rural Thailand

page 167

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2015s167

Raya Muttarak, Thanyaporn Chankrajang

Who is concerned about and takes action on climate change? Gender and education divides among Thais

page 193

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Erich Striessnig, Elke Loichinger

Future differential vulnerability to natural disasters by level of education

page 221

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Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Wolfgang Lutz

The demography of human development and climate change vulnerability: A projection exercise

page 241

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Elke Loichinger, Samir KC, Wolfgang Lutz

A four-dimensional population module for the analysis of future adaptive capacity in the Phang Nga province of Thailand

page 263

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2015s263