Contextualizing social vulnerability: Findings from case studies across Europe

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 789-810

  Kuhlicke, Christian ^a   Scolobig, Anna ^b   Tapsell, Sue ^c   Steinführer, Annett ^d   de Marchi, Bruna ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^e Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; Europe; Flood; Focus groups; Indicators; Interviews; Qualitative and quantitative methods; Social vulnerability assessment; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; TRIANGULATION; VULNERABILITY;

GERMANY; ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959707160     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9751-6     Document Type: Article

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