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

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 …

As the emphasis in climate change research, international negotiations, and developing‐
country activities has shifted from mitigation to adaptation, vulnerability has emerged as a …

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 …

The past decade has seen a proliferation of community-scale climate change vulnerability
assessments globally. Much of this work has employed frameworks informed by scholarship …

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

Adaptation assessment methods are compatible with the international risk management
standard ISO: 31000. Risk management approaches are increasingly being recommended …

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 …

A critical challenge in supporting climate change adaptation is improving the linkage
between climate-impacts and vulnerability research and public and private planning and …

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