Vulnerability assessments, identity and spatial scale challenges in disaster-risk reduction

Vulnerability assessments, identity and spatial scale challenges in disaster-risk reduction

Current approaches to vulnerability assessment for disaster-risk reduction (DRR) commonly apply generalised, a priori determinants of vulnerability to particular hazards in particular places. Although they may allow for policy-level legibility at high levels of spatial scale, these approaches suffer...

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Main Authors: Edward R. Carr, Daniel Abrahams, Arielle T. de la Poterie, Pablo Suarez, Bettina Koelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2015-11-01
Series:Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
Subjects:
vulnerability assessment
disaster risk reduction
spatial scale mismatch
identity
climate change adaptation
resilience
Zambia
Online Access:https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/201

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