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Publikováno v:
Environmental Hazards. 20:400-415
Socioeconomic characteristics are commonly used as indicators of vulnerability and resilience to inform disaster risk planning and management. Vancouver is a coastal seaport city along the west coa...
Publikováno v:
Environmental Hazards and Resilience ISBN: 9781003171430
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Publikováno v:
Climatic Change. 153:41-58
Vulnerability and resilience are important ideas that are conceptualized in many different ways by researchers studying disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Four main conceptualizations of vulnerability in the literature include vul
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Planning Theory & Practice. 19:405-421
This study investigates the factors that constrain and enable adaptation planning for increasing flood risk in Canada. It uses a multiple-methods, multi-scalar approach to identify interconnected b...
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 22:447-457
The existing resettlement infrastructure for informal settlements in Manila, Philippines provide an opportunity to facilitate future climate change adaptation in the city. This research assesses the feasibility of using resettlement as climate change
Autor:
Paul H. Whitfield, Deborah Harford, Yaheli Klein, Ronald E. Stewart, Robert Lannigan, Jim Davies, Erin O’Connell, Daniel Betancourt, Kathy Tang, Linda Mortsch
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards. 87:791-815
Using studies of places where heat waves are common, projected changes in heat waves in Metro Vancouver are assessed from a multi-disciplinary perspective with respect to the potential impacts of the physical change on the people and infrastructure w
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Climate and Development. 10:102-115
The severity of climatic changes threatening urban coastal areas is introducing and intensifying environmental hazards that are endangering physical safety and livelihood security. This paper considers retreat, one of three broad adaptation options p
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Climatic Change. 134:115-129
The Trent-Severn Waterway in central Ontario, Canada, is a large inland water system. It is managed for a broad range of stakeholders with different needs and expectations, creating a complex management context. Although variations in water levels oc
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Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 40:133-145
Climate variability influences the availability of water resources throughout Canada, and projected climate change is anticipated to affect future water availability. This is the first paper of a three-part analysis of water availability indicators i
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Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 105:473-495
Indexes that measure social vulnerability to hazards have gained acceptance as a research tool that can inform local policymaking. Many indexes, however, are created remotely by researchers without using the input of those working in local policy. If