A review of vulnerability indicators for deltaic social–ecological systems

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 575-590

  Sebesvari, Zita ^a   Renaud, Fabrice G ^a   Haas, Susanne ^a   Tessler, Zachary ^b   Hagenlocher, Michael ^a   Kloos, Julia ^a   Szabo, Sylvia ^c   Tejedor, Alejandro ^d   Kuenzer, Claudia ^e  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indicators; Multiple hazards; Social ecological systems; Sustainable deltas; Vulnerability assessment frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965027971     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0366-4     Document Type: Review

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