Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement

Rufat, Samuel; Tate, Eric; G. Burton, Christopher; S. Maroof, Abu

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.09.013

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Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement

Published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction • Oct 21, 2015

Authors:

Samuel Rufat

Eric Tate

Christopher G. Burton

Abstract

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 (1997–2013), this paper profiles the leading drivers of social vulnerability to floods. The re...

Subject

Social vulnerability

Vulnerability (computing)

Flood myth

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