Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement
Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.09.013
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
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5
通讯作者：
Maroof, Abu Sayeed
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作者：
Rufat, Samuel;Tate, Eric;Maroof, Abu Sayeed
衡量社会易受灾害影响程度的一个主要挑战是，产出指标要更好地反映脆弱性发生的背景。通过对67个洪灾案例研究（1997 - 2013）的元分析，本文概述了洪灾社会脆弱性的主要驱动因素。结果确定人口特征，社会经济地位和健康的主要经验驱动力的社会脆弱性破坏性洪水事件。然而，风险认知和应对能力在个案研究中也占有突出地位，但这些因素往往没有充分反映在许多社会脆弱性指标中。社会脆弱性驱动因素的影响因灾害阶段和国家背景而有很大差异，突出了背景在理解社会脆弱性前兆、过程和结果方面的重要性。为了帮助量身定制的社会脆弱性的洪水背景下的定量指标，文章的结论与时间背景，可测量性和指标的相互关系的建议。(C)2015作者出版社：Elsevier Ltd
A leading challenge in measuring social vulnerability to hazards is for output metrics to better reflect the context in which vulnerability occurs. Through a meta-analysis of 67 flood disaster case studies (19972013), this paper profiles the leading drivers of social vulnerability to floods. The results identify demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and health as the leading empirical drivers of social vulnerability to damaging flood events. However, risk perception and coping capacity also featured prominently in the case studies, yet these factors tend to be poorly reflected in many social vulnerability indicators. The influence of social vulnerability drivers varied considerably by disaster stage and national setting, highlighting the importance of context in understanding social vulnerability precursors, processes, and outcomes. To help tailor quantitative indicators of social vulnerability to flood contexts, the article concludes with recommendations concerning temporal context, measurability, and indicator interrelationships. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.