The term 'vulnerability'is used in many different ways by various scholarly communities. The
resulting disagreement about the appropriate definition of vulnerability is a frequent cause …

Vulnerability is a central concept in climate change research as well as in a number of other
research contexts. However, the term is conceptualized in many different ways by the …

Assessing vulnerability is an important component of human dimensions of climate change
(HDCC) research. Vulnerability assessments identify and characterize who and what are …

There is confusion regarding the notion of “vulnerability” in the climate change scientific
community. Recent research has identified a need for formalisation, which would support …

In the last ten years, the study of vulnerability has mushroomed. The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for example, shifted the focus of their second working …

Purpose–The concept of vulnerability in climate change literature is underpinned by
numerous theoretical contributions across different disciplines leading to disparate …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a formal framework of vulnerability to
climate change, to address the conceptual confusion around vulnerability and related …

The concept of vulnerability is well established in the climate change literature,
underpinning significant research effort. The ability of vulnerability research to capture the …

Vulnerability is an emerging concept for climate science and policy. Over the past decade,
efforts to assess vulnerability to climate change triggered a process of theory development …

We address the issue of how to develop credible indicators of vulnerability to climate change
that can be used to guide the development of adaptation policies. We compare the …