The impacts of natural hazards on local communities are increasing worldwide and are
projected to rise further due to urban expansion and climate change. To address these …

The analysis of vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to threats of different types such as
extreme climate events or change in land use draws attention to the factors and processes …

Indicators provide easy and quick information on the status or condition of an object of
interest and are therefore widely used in policy-making. In recent years, policy interest in …

A method is proposed for assessing the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems that is
explicitly linked to multiple stakeholder values enabling multiple assessments of …

Worldwide, natural and human ecosystems are increasingly subjected to natural hazards
due to global environmental change. Because these threats reflect interaction between …

This paper reviews the application of ecological vulnerability analysis in risk assessment
and describes new developments in methodology. For generic non-site-specific …

Vulnerability is a complex concept and the term is used very loosely depending on an
individual's background and the context within which it is used (Thywissen, 2006; Chapter …

Negative consequences of natural hazards are the result of both the frequency and intensity
of the hazard and the vulnerability of the society or element at risk exposed. Therefore …

Vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation are three fundamentally inter-related concepts
among such research communities as global environmental/climatic change, social …

In recent years, federal land management agencies in the United States have been tasked
to consider climate change vulnerability and adaptation in their planning. Ecological …