Profiling urban vulnerabilities to climate change: An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for European cities
| Autor: | Maddalen Mendizabal, Txomin Laburu, Beñat Abajo, Carlos Tapia, J. German Fernández, Adelaida Lejarazu, José Antonio Martínez, Efren Feliu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adaptive capacity
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology business.industry 0208 environmental biotechnology Environmental resource management Vulnerability General Decision Sciences Climate change 02 engineering and technology Audit 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Geography Pluvial Vulnerability assessment Profiling (information science) business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Panel data |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Indicators. 78:142-155 |
| ISSN: | 1470-160X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.040 |
| Popis: | Governing climate change in cities entails a good understanding of urban vulnerabilities. This research presents an Indicator-based Vulnerability Assessment for 571 European cities. Basing on panel data from Urban Audit database and a set of newly developed indicators, we assessed urban vulnerabilities for the following impact chains: (i) heatwaves on human health; (ii) drought on water planning, and; (iii) flooding (sub-divided into pluvial, fluvial and coastal) on the socio-economic tissue and the urban fabric. Results shed light on the key challenges that specific groups of European cities face in order to better deal with the expected impacts of climate change. This knowledge is a necessary step to advance in the understanding of urban risks to climate change and the development of effective EU policies for urban adaptation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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