Social vulnerability
Research on social vulnerability to date has stemmed from a variety of fields in the natural and social sciences. Each field has defined the concept differently, manifest in a host of definitions and approaches (Blaikie, Cannon et al. 1994; Henninger 1998; Frankenberger, Drinkwater et al. 2000; Alwang, Siegel et al. 2001; Oliver-Smith 2003; Cannon, Twigg et al. 2005). Yet some common threads run through most of the available work. en.wikipedia.org
1. Checklist - could use indicators, criteria and considerations. Eg. Adaptation planning framework (APF) 2. Multi-criteria - Evaluating options...
1 Signatures: seeing adaptation in an integrated way Signatures: seeing adaptation in an integrated way One approach to understanding climate...
Back to: Sub-Module 1.2 - Institutional policy matrix Adaptation to climate change is not only multidimensional, encompassing various impacts,...
By Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM ENDA is one of the few truly international African NGOs whose constituency comprises African populations in urban...
This article is a stub (short article) - please help us by expanding it. List of all stubs Adaptation as a social process: spinning wheels? A...
Feeling Stressed: Integrating Climate Adaptation with Other Priorities in South Africa, Gina Ziervogel and Anna Taylor
As part of the support to the NAPA process we translated indicators of vulnerability for specific exposure units/stresses (e.
We see adaptation a process of socio-institutional learning relevant for specific contexts, and producing adaptation outcomes and processes...
This annex presents an example of a livelihood sensitivity matrix that can be used in several ways: To synthesize existing knowledge on climate...
See the Navigation Guide for an overview of these resources! Ideas and Guidance : Who are vulnerable and Why? Livelihood Sensitivity...
The AWhere SIS product provides a user-friendly platform to support vulnerability assessment, risk mapping and planning climate adaptation.
This project was carried out under the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)] which was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign...
This interactive user guide is being developed to produce CIRCE project deliverable D13.2.1 Foundatation paper on adaptation options and screening.
Video from fieldwork in Ga-Selala, S. Africa Examples of adaptation in action Adapting to multiple stresses in Sekhukhune, South Africa Effective...
Climate impacts upon migration processes in complex ways and it has proven problematic to isolate one particular climate stressor as the cause of migration.
This project was carried out under the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)] which was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign...
1 Purpose of this guide: 2 This guide is designed specifically for: 3 Concepts and context 4 Process 5 Prototype projects 6 Links 7 Next steps...
By Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM, Dakar, Senegal Sen (1999) defines development as the creation of choice and lack of development as having no choice or no say in what happens.
Tak, Ben and Ruth discussed these issues in Oxford today: First of all, we agreed that this paper is a conceptual paper: We are not likely to...
Facing the uncertainty inherent in making a decision about a future which is not entirely known or understood will require specific consideration...
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Human-environment interactions and feedback are essential to consider in IWRM research particularly where we are concerned with adaptive water...
In order to assess how climate change might impact certain livelihood groups, it is necessary to establish the degree and range of exposures...
Kai Kim is a Research Fellow and is associated with the Risk, Vulnerability and Livelihood programme at SEI. Her current responsibilities within...
Follow this link for findings from the Bolivia NCAP project on the vulnerability of systems of production and human health around Lake Titicaca and perceptions of risk and change.
The Colombian coastal area is highly vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR). However, the impacts of SLR may differ between the Caribbean and Pacific...
The chart on the left shows the variation in monthly mean air temperatures for Ghana as a whole. As can be seen, incremental temperatures in...
Lawrence Flint is Coordinator of Research into Climate, Vulnerability and Adaptation at Environmental Development Action (ENDA), based in Dakar, Senegal.
The main output from our project is the hazard and vulnerability maps for GLOFs along the Puna Tsang Chu from Khuruthang to Lhamoizingkha at the Bhutan-India border.
Standardize the applied methodologies. Establish a database to be used as a reference and baseline in the evaluation of the bio-climatic processes...
Ample evidence is now available that climate variability and climate change are having profound effects on socioeconomic development and the...
The question of whether climate change will happen has been replaced with even more sobering questions: how great will the change be, and how...
Specification of mechanisms and tools for multi-stakeholder dialogue processes on poverty and gender in river basin planning - Nilufar Matin Guadiana Basin
This guidance sheet provides an approach to identify the key climatic hazards for a specific region and livelihood or economic activity.
This table was part of the background material SEI Oxford prepared for the UNEP international consultation meeting on the development of the...
Small island states, such as those found in the region of Oceania, have a number of features that serve to increase their vulnerability to impacts...
Activities and Context (Mission)
Drought Management Considerations for Climate Change Adaptation: Focus on the Mekong Region.
In dryland communities droughts are a significant cause of decreased crop production and herd size to less than the minimum required for subsistence.
The ACCCA project in Ougadougou is looking at adaptation in urban and peri-urban areas. Climate change has the potential to destroy the socio-economic...
The Nigerian coast is one of the low lying lagoonal Western African coasts, which is likely to experience severe impacts from flooding as a result...
ENDA is working with local partners, including the Barotse Royal Establishment and local NGO Barotseland.com, to identify and assess the effect...
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Metrics to measure progress in achieving targets for adaptation can be designed in different ways. They could be either expressed as financial...
Vulnerability is a complex and by definition it encompasses many attributes or multiple stresses (social, economic, environmental) which change...
Food security: Linda Stephen Water Baseline Rapid Assessment of Vulnerability for Adaptation (BRAVA): Tom Downing International agencies: How to conduct a food security assessment.
Material provided by SEI Oxford through the UNEP support project for the NAPA workshops in Addis, Burkina and Bhutan (2003) NAPA WORKSHOP GROUP...
Is there a 'right to migrate' if non-local pollution is a primary driver of migration, and if so is there then a duty to provide assistance...
In recent years, reducing vulnerability to climate change has become an urgent issue in low- and middle-income countries, and is at the forefront...
Introduction Objective Steps to identifying climate vulnerability and exposure Appendix A: Developing a livelihood-sensitivity matrix Example of a livelihood sensitivity matrix
Welcome to weADAPT! This is an ever expanding group of people collaboratively working on issues of climate adaptation. As climate change moves...