Piloting a social-ecological index for measuring flood resilience: A composite index approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-53

  Kotzee, Ilse ^a,b   Reyers, Belinda ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disaster management; Extreme events; Indicator, Ecosystem service; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL VARIABLES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXTREME EVENTS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; MULTIDIMENSIONALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

FLOODS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84936878236     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.018     Document Type: Article

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