DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-2012-2
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85021867157
论文题名: Assessment of social vulnerability to climate change at the local scale: development and application of a Social Vulnerability Index
作者: Nguyen C.V. ; Horne R. ; Fien J. ; Cheong F.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2017
卷: 143, 期: 2018-03-04 起始页码: 355
结束页码: 370
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Developing countries
; Surveys
; Causal relationships
; Development and applications
; Environmental professionals
; In-depth interviews
; Inherent limitations
; Social vulnerability
; Social vulnerability index
; Vulnerability assessments
; Climate change
; assessment method
; climate change
; Delphi analysis
; developing world
; household survey
; index method
; nature-society relations
; questionnaire survey
; vulnerability
; Viet Nam
英文摘要: 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 of qualitative and quantitative methods, which are all based on local environmental professionals and community members. A means to develop an appropriate primary dataset, through application of a specifically designed household survey questionnaire, is underpinned by the results of a Delphi survey, an in-depth interview and focus group discussions. The data collection and analysis, including calibration and calculation of the SVI, is demonstrated through application in a case study city in central coastal Vietnam. The calculation of SVI at the fine-grained local scale provides high resolution in vulnerability assessment and also obviates the need for secondary data, which may be unavailable or problematic, particularly at the local scale in developing countries. The research reveals inherent limitations of existing SVIs but also indicates the potential for their use in assessing social vulnerability and making decisions associated with responding to climate change at the local scale. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/83964
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Binh Dinh Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Viet Nam; RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Nguyen C.V.,Horne R.,Fien J.,et al. Assessment of social vulnerability to climate change at the local scale: development and application of a Social Vulnerability Index[J]. Climatic Change,2017-01-01,143(2018-03-04)