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Blasi, Carlo, Leopoldo Michetti, Maria Antonietta Del Moro, Olivia Testa, and Lorenzo Teodonio. "Climate change and desertification vulnerability in Southern Italy." Phytocoenologia 37, no. 3-4 (December 1, 2007): 495–521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0340-269x/2007/0037-0495.

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Srinivasan, Ancha. "Climate Change and Vulnerability and Climate Change and Adaptation." Climate and Development 1, no. 2 (July 2009): 185–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3763/cdev.2009.0016.

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Nakayama, Mikiyasu, Scott Drinkall, and Daisuke Sasaki. "Climate Change, Migration, and Vulnerability." Journal of Disaster Research 14, no. 9 (December 1, 2019): 1245. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2019.p1245.

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As global sea levels continue to rise, atoll countries—facing persistent and imminent risk—are expected to become source nations of climate migrants in the foreseeable future. This special issue features 10 academic articles, which examine if residents in Pacific atoll countries were, are, or will be ready to re-establish their livelihoods after relocation. The topic of migration is akin to a kaleidoscope, with continuously evolving shapes and colors, necessitating a broad spectrum of approaches across various disciplines. The authors of these articles thus examined the topic through mathematics, civil engineering, cultural and disaster studies, economics, education, geography, international relations, language, law, sociology and politics. The methodologies applied range from policy analysis to structural equation modeling. Migration driven by climate change takes place gradually, even over a few decades. Unlike forced migration due to causes such as war and conflict, future climate migrants have the short-term advantage of time to ready themselves for displacement from their homeland. Preparation prior to relocation may include enhancing one’s language or vocational skills. One of the focal points of this special issue is therefore the preparedness of migrants, both past and future. Case studies were carried out across Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the United States. We also considered how migrants are received following resettlement, both in terms of legal instruments and assistance given by the public and private sectors. Case studies conducted in Austria and the United States address this aspect. Yet another focus is to identify prevailing factors through which people develop their perceptions of climate change and its implications, for such perceptions are a driving force for migration. Case studies in Kiribati and the Marshall Islands contribute to this understanding. We hope this special issue sharpens the vision of climate change and migration, and serves as a stepping stone for further research in the field.

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McLaughlin, Paul. "Climate Change, Adaptation, and Vulnerability." Organization & Environment 24, no. 3 (September 2011): 269–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026611419862.

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Cuomo, Chris J. "Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Responsibility." Hypatia 26, no. 4 (2011): 690–714. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01220.x.

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In this essay I present an overview of the problem of climate change, with attention to issues of interest to feminists, such as the differential responsibilities of nations and the disproportionate “vulnerabilities” of females, people of color, and the economically disadvantaged in relation to climate change. I agree with others that justice requires governments, corporations, and individuals to take full responsibility for histories of pollution, and for present and future greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless I worry that an overemphasis on household and personal‐sphere fossil fuel emissions distracts from attention to higher‐level corporate and governmental responsibilities for addressing the problem of climate change. I argue that more attention should be placed on the higher‐level responsibilities of corporations and governments, and I discuss how individuals might more effectively take responsibility for addressing global climate change, especially when corporations and governments refuse to do so.

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Bohle, Hans G., Thomas E. Downing, and Michael J. Watts. "Climate change and social vulnerability." Global Environmental Change 4, no. 1 (March 1994): 37–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0959-3780(94)90020-5.

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Thomas, Kimberley Anh, and Benjamin P. Warner. "Weaponizing vulnerability to climate change." Global Environmental Change 57 (July 2019): 101928. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101928.

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Khaliq, Imran, Christian Hof, Roland Prinzinger, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, and Markus Pfenninger. "Global variation in thermal tolerances and vulnerability of endotherms to climate change." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281, no. 1789 (August 22, 2014): 20141097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1097.

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The relationships among species' physiological capacities and the geographical variation of ambient climate are of key importance to understanding the distribution of life on the Earth. Furthermore, predictions of how species will respond to climate change will profit from the explicit consideration of their physiological tolerances. The climatic variability hypothesis, which predicts that climatic tolerances are broader in more variable climates, provides an analytical framework for studying these relationships between physiology and biogeography. However, direct empirical support for the hypothesis is mostly lacking for endotherms, and few studies have tried to integrate physiological data into assessments of species' climatic vulnerability at the global scale. Here, we test the climatic variability hypothesis for endotherms, with a comprehensive dataset on thermal tolerances derived from physiological experiments, and use these data to assess the vulnerability of species to projected climate change. We find the expected relationship between thermal tolerance and ambient climatic variability in birds, but not in mammals—a contrast possibly resulting from different adaptation strategies to ambient climate via behaviour, morphology or physiology. We show that currently most of the species are experiencing ambient temperatures well within their tolerance limits and that in the future many species may be able to tolerate projected temperature increases across significant proportions of their distributions. However, our findings also underline the high vulnerability of tropical regions to changes in temperature and other threats of anthropogenic global changes. Our study demonstrates that a better understanding of the interplay among species' physiology and the geography of climate change will advance assessments of species' vulnerability to climate change.

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Vieira, Marta Tostes, Alfredo Villavicencio Vieira, and Claudia Motta Villa García. "Vulnerability Index Elaboration for Climate Change Adaptation in Peru." European Journal of Sustainable Development 8, no. 5 (October 1, 2019): 102. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n5p102.

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This paper evidences one of the most relevant information gaps of climate change adaptation in Peru: its vulnerabilities. First, it contextualizes main national level impacts and progress made in adaptation measures definition from prioritized thematic areas. Then, it addresses the difficulty of finding tools to measure climatic risk level. For instance, this arises the need to focus on the vulnerability associated with climate change adaptation efforts. Therefore, a vulnerability index based on a multi criteria analysis is proposed, with three parts. In the first one, three-work axes were chosen following the fifth IPCC report guidelines: climatic phenomena dangers, territorial exposure, and subjects’ vulnerability. The territorial area analysis was carried on at district level. With regard to subjects, five indicator groups were identified, and measurable variables were chosen: population; species and ecosystems; functions, services, and environmental municipalities’ assets; economic, social and cultural assets; and infrastructure. Next, data was searched for each variable and it was systematized in a multi-criteria database. Finally, an index (0-15) was developed to calculate socio-climatic vulnerability of all the Peruvian District Municipalities. They were classified according to social, climatic, and socio-climatic vulnerability range. This facilitates a targeting instrument for public policies that can generate better climate change risk management and contributes to commitments fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals.Keywords: Climate change, Vulnerability, Climate change adaptation, Socio-climatic vulnerabilities, Climate risk, Sustainable Development Goals

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Hallegatte, Stephane, Marianne Fay, and Edward B. Barbier. "Poverty and climate change: introduction." Environment and Development Economics 23, no. 3 (May 16, 2018): 217–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x18000141.

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AbstractBecause their assets and income represent such a small share of national wealth, the impacts of climate change on poor people, even if dramatic, will be largely invisible in aggregate economic statistics such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Assessing and managing future impacts of climate change on poverty requires different metrics, and specific studies focusing on the vulnerability of poor people. This special issue provides a set of such studies, looking at the exposure and vulnerability of people living in poverty to shocks and stressors that are expected to increase in frequency or intensity due to climate change, such as floods, droughts, heat waves, and impacts on agricultural production and ecosystem services. This introduction summarizes their approach and findings, which support the idea that the link between poverty and climate vulnerability goes both ways: poverty is one major driver of people's vulnerability to climate-related shocks and stressors, and this vulnerability is keeping people in poverty. The paper concludes by identifying priorities for future research.

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Barnett, Jon. "Global environmental change II: Political economies of vulnerability to climate change." Progress in Human Geography 44, no. 6 (February 26, 2020): 1172–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309132519898254.

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Though rarely described as such, vulnerability to climate change is fundamentally a matter of political economy. This progress report provides a reading of contemporary research on vulnerability to climate change through a political economic lens. It interprets the research as explaining the interplay between ideas about vulnerability, the institutions that create vulnerability, and those actors with interests in vulnerability. It highlights research that critiques the idea of vulnerability, and that demonstrates the agency of those at risk as they navigate the intersecting, multi-scalar and teleconnected institutions that shape their choices in adapting to climate change. The report also highlights research that is tracking the way powerful institutions and interests that create vulnerability are themselves adapting by appropriating the cause of the vulnerable, depoliticising the causes of vulnerability, and promoting innovations in finance and markets as solutions. In these ways, political and economic institutions are sustaining themselves and capitalising on the opportunities presented by climate change at the expense of those most at risk.

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Gurung, Sher Bahadur. "Assessment of climate change vulnerability in Chiti area of Lamjung district, Nepal." Geographical Journal of Nepal 14 (March 10, 2021): 151–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/gjn.v14i0.35557.

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Climate change issue is the global concern of the present day. The present study attempts to assess the vulnerability of the community due to climate change for which Chiti area of Besisahar Municipality from Lamjung district of Nepal was selected as the study area. The climate change vulnerability was assessed using the Long Term Research Program (LTRP). The long term climate change vulnerability household surveys from 2014 baseline data to 2016, 2017 and 2019 data were analysed in this study. This study adapted IPCC (2001) methodology i.e. also used by C4 EcoSolutions on their baseline climate change vulnerability assessment. This is a bottom-up, integrative approach that considers both physical and social dimensions at a local level. Consequently, vulnerability is best understood as a function of three components: exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Exposure to climate change vulnerability is calculated with sum of changes in temperature, changes in rainfall patterns, changes in rainfall intensity, drought episodes and flooding events. Sensitivity is calculated based on slope failures, soil fertility, changes in natural environment (i) soil cover; ii) levels of river sedimentation; iii) water salinity; iv) river ecosystems; v) forest size; and vi) the presence of invasive species), economic dependency level, irrigation facilities and livelihood sources. The major finding is that Chiti has been facing climate change since last decade and it is found severely vulnerable due to climate change. There is an urgent need of improvement on climate change adaptive capacity which could result of awareness, information on climate change and adaptation, surplus production and change in agricultural practices. The present study has used awareness score based on conceptual awareness, experiential awareness, and engagement of household to talk about climate change and adaptation. The Long Term Research Approach is appropriate to assess climate change vulnerability in community level. Climate change awareness is one of the major components to reduce vulnerability to climate change in the research area. This is a post adaptation vulnerability analysis of local community which supports climate change vulnerability adaptation policy.

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WARD, PATRICK, and GERALD SHIVELY. "Vulnerability, Income Growth and Climate Change." World Development 40, no. 5 (May 2012): 916–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.11.015.

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Smith, JB, BA McCarl, P. Kirshen, R. Jones, L. Deck, MA Abdrabo, M. Borhan, et al. "Egypt’s economic vulnerability to climate change." Climate Research 62, no. 1 (December 2, 2014): 59–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr01257.

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Pandve, HarshalT, Kevin Fernandez, PS Chawla, and SamirA Singru. "Climate change vulnerability: Index and mapping." Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 15, no. 3 (2011): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.93207.

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Andreoni, Valeria, and Apollonia Miola. "Climate change and supply-chain vulnerability." International Journal of Emergency Services 4, no. 1 (July 13, 2015): 6–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-09-2014-0012.

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Purpose – The increasing complexity of the present economic system and the strong interdependencies existing between production activities taking place in different world areas make modern societies vulnerable to crisis. The global supply chain is a paradigmatic example of economic structures on which the impacts of unexpected events propagate rapidly through the system. Climate change, which affects societies all over the world, is one of the most important factors influencing the efficiency of the present economic networks. During the last decades a large set of studies have been oriented to investigate the direct impacts generated on specific geographical areas or productions. However, a smaller number of analyses have been oriented to quantify the cascading and indirect economic effects generated all over the world. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the main studies, methodologies and databases used to investigate the climate vulnerability of the global supply chain. Findings – The great complexity of the global economic system, coupled with methodological and data gaps, makes it difficult to estimate the domino effects of unexpected events. A clear understanding of the possible consequences generated all over the world is, however, a fundamental step to build socio-economic resilience and to plan effective adaptation strategies. Originality/value – The information provided in this paper can be useful to support further studies, to build consistent quantification methodologies and to fill the possible data gap.

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Pacifici, Michela, Wendy B. Foden, Piero Visconti, James E. M. Watson, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Kit M. Kovacs, Brett R. Scheffers, et al. "Assessing species vulnerability to climate change." Nature Climate Change 5, no. 3 (February 25, 2015): 215–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2448.

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Cuevas, Sining C. "Climate change, vulnerability, and risk linkages." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 3, no. 1 (March 2011): 29–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17568691111107934.

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Foden, Wendy B., Bruce E. Young, H. Resit Akçakaya, Raquel A. Garcia, Ary A. Hoffmann, Bruce A. Stein, Chris D. Thomas, et al. "Climate change vulnerability assessment of species." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 10, no. 1 (October 11, 2018): e551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.551.

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Zahran, Sammy, Samuel D. Brody, Himanshu Grover, and Arnold Vedlitz. "Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support." Society & Natural Resources 19, no. 9 (October 2006): 771–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920600835528.

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Scott, Daniel, C. Michael Hall, and Stefan Gössling. "Global tourism vulnerability to climate change." Annals of Tourism Research 77 (July 2019): 49–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2019.05.007.

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KC, Binita, J. Marshall Shepherd, and Cassandra Johnson Gaither. "Climate change vulnerability assessment in Georgia." Applied Geography 62 (August 2015): 62–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.007.

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Renaud, Fabrice, and Rosa Perez. "Climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments." Sustainability Science 5, no. 2 (June 11, 2010): 155–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-010-0114-0.

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Zhang, Mingshun, Zelu Liu, and Meine Pieter van Dijk. "Measuring urban vulnerability to climate change using an integrated approach, assessing climate risks in Beijing." PeerJ 7 (May 30, 2019): e7018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7018.

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This study is responding to the recommendation made by IPCC’s fifth Assessment Report on establishing a standard for measuring and reporting climate risk and vulnerability. It exemplifies the assessment of urban vulnerability to climate change by an integrated approach. The results indicate that Beijing is highly exposed to multiple climate threats in the context of global climate change, specifically urban heat waves, urban drainage floods and drought. Vulnerabilities to the climatic threats of heat waves, drainage floods and droughts have increased by 5%–15% during the period of 2008–2016 in Beijing. High vulnerabilities to both heat waves and drainage floods have been observed in the urban downtown area and high vulnerability to droughts have been observed in the outskirts. This vulnerability assessment, which addressed climatic threats, provides a holistic understanding of the susceptibility to climate change that could facilitate adaptation to climate change in the future. The developments of threats like flooding, heat waves and droughts are analyzed separately for 16 districts and an integrated vulnerability index for all of Beijing is provided as well.

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Alhassan, Suhiyini I., John K. M. Kuwornu, and Yaw B. Osei-Asare. "Gender dimension of vulnerability to climate change and variability." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 11, no. 2 (March 8, 2019): 195–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-10-2016-0156.

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PurposeThis paper aims to investigate farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and variability in the northern region of Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study assessed the vulnerability of male-headed and female-headed farming households to climate change and variability by using the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) and tested for significant difference in their vulnerability levels by applying independent two-sample-student’st-test based on gender by using a sample of 210 smallholder farming households.FindingsThe results revealed a significant difference in the vulnerability levels of female-headed and male-headed farming households. Female–headed households were more vulnerable to livelihood strategies, socio-demographic profile, social networks, water and food major components of the LVI, whereas male-headed households were more vulnerable to health. The vulnerability indices revealed that female–headed households were more sensitive to the impact of climate change and variability. However, female-headed households have the least adaptive capacities. In all, female-headed farming households are more vulnerable to climate change and variability than male-headed farming households.Research limitations/implicationsThe study recommends that female-headed households should be given priority in both on-going and new intervention projects in climate change and agriculture by empowering them through financial resource support to venture into other income-generating activities. This would enable them to diversify their sources of livelihoods to boost their resilience to climate change and variability.Originality/valueThis is the first study that examined the gender dimension of vulnerability of smallholder farmers in Ghana by using the livelihood vulnerability framework. Female subordination in northern region of Ghana has been profound to warrant a study on gender dimension in relation to climate change and variability, especially as it is a semi-arid region with unpredictable climatic conditions. This research revealed the comparative vulnerability of male- and female-headed households to climate change and variability.

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Nikolowski, Johannes, Valeri Goldberg, Jakob Zimm, and Thomas Naumann. "Analysing the vulnerability of buildings to climate change: Summer heat and flooding." Meteorologische Zeitschrift 22, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 145–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0388.

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Horváth, Sára Erzsébet, and Tamás Pálvölgyi. "Buildings and climate change: impacts on roofs and vulnerability to wind storms." Epitoanyag - Journal of Silicate Based and Composite Materials 63, no. 3-4. (2011): 62–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14382/epitoanyag-jsbcm.2011.11.

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Fan, Dongliang, Feiyun Yang, Zhihua Pan, Xiaoyun Su, Yuying Pan, Guolin Han, Jialin Wang, Dong Wu, and Zhiqiang Dong. "Development of an Improved Model to Evaluate Vulnerability in Spring Wheat under Climate Change in Inner Mongolia." Sustainability 10, no. 12 (December 4, 2018): 4581. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124581.

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Climate change has had a significant impact on agricultural production. It is important to evaluate the vulnerability of agricultural production to climate change. The previous methods for evaluating vulnerability are inconsiderate and unrealistic. This paper proposes an improved vulnerability assessment method, introduces the Agricultural Production System Simulator (APSIM)-wheat model to evaluate vulnerability, and uses spring wheat, in Inner Mongolia, China, as an example for evaluating the vulnerability of spring wheat under climate change. The results show that, from 1996 to 2015, the adaptability to climate change of spring wheat production, in Inner Mongolia, increased, and its sensitivity to climate change decreased. That is to say, that climatic conditions have a negative impact on spring wheat, and adaptation measures have a positive impact on spring wheat. From 1996 to 2009, the vulnerability of spring wheat production in Inner Mongolia showed a very significant increasing trend, while showing a significant downward trend during 2009–2015, which is consistent with the actual situation. The improved vulnerability assessment method can reflect the actual impact of climatic conditions on agricultural production. We expect that the new vulnerability assessment method can provide a theoretical basis for studying the impact of climate change on agricultural production.

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Lee, Byoungjae, Hagyeol Kim, and Soyoon Kim. "Changes in Climate Change Flood Vulnerability for National Territories." Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation 18, no. 6 (October 31, 2018): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.9798/kosham.2018.18.6.27.

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Thornton, Philip K., Polly J. Ericksen, Mario Herrero, and Andrew J. Challinor. "Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review." Global Change Biology 20, no. 11 (April 26, 2014): 3313–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12581.

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Harjadi, Beny. "Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis of Baluran National Park." Forum Geografi 30, no. 2 (December 13, 2016): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/forgeo.v30i2.1000.

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Every ecosystem has a different level of susceptibility to environmental disturbances it receives, both from natural factors or anthropogenic disturbance. National Park (NP) Baluran is one national park that has a representation of a complete ecosystem that includes upland forest ecosystems, lowland forests, coastal forests, mangroves, savanna and evergreen forest. The objective of this study is to get a formula calculation of vulnerability analysis of constant and dynamic factors. Baluran NP vulnerability assessment to climate change done by looking at the dynamic and fixed factors. Vulnerability remains a vulnerability factor to the condition of the original (control), whereas vulnerability is the vulnerability of the dynamic change factors which affected the condition from the outside. Constant Vulnerability (CV) in Baluran NP dominated resistant conditions (61%), meaning that the geomorphology and other fixed factors (slope and slope direction/aspect, then the condition in Baluran NP sufficiently resilient to climate change. Dynamic Vulnerability (DV) is the vulnerability of an area or areas that change because of pressure from external factors. DV is influenced by climatic factors (WI = Wetness Index), soil (SBI = Soil Brightness Index), and vegetation (GI = Greenness Index). DV in Baluran NP from 1999 to 2010 shifted from the original category of being (84.76%) and shifted to the susceptible (59.88%). The role of remote sensing for the analysis of raster digital system, while the geographic information system to display the results of cartographic maps.

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File, Dramani J. M., and Emmanuel Kanchebe Derbile. "Sunshine, temperature and wind." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 12, no. 1 (January 20, 2020): 22–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-04-2019-0023.

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Purpose This paper aims to draw on community risk assessment (CRA) for assessing vulnerability to climate change in north-western Ghana, focusing on sunshine, temperature and wind, elements of climate which are seldom explored in vulnerability assessments to climate change. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on data collected from a qualitative research design that used participatory rural appraisal methods, particularly, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and seasonal calendar analysis in three selected rural communities of the Sissala East District. Furthermore, an inter-generational framework was adopted for comparative assessment of vulnerability and changes in vulnerability to climate change. Findings The results show that the current generation of smallholder farmers is more vulnerable to climate change than the past generation, the era of grandparents. Thus, farmers are exposed to higher-intensity sunshine, temperature and wind in contemporary times than was the case in the past. Consequently, their livelihoods are affected the most by the damaging effects of these climatic hazards. The CRA process revealed the relevance of indigenous knowledge systems for vulnerability assessments and at the same time, underpins the need for adaptation of such knowledge if it is to sustain smallholder farmer efforts at climate change adaptation at community levels. Practical implications The paper recommends an endogenous development approach to climate change adaptation planning (CCAP), one that will build on indigenous knowledge systems for effective community education, mobilization and participatory response to climate change. Policy interventions should aim at enhancing climate change adaptation through innovations in soil and water conservation, access to water for irrigation and domestic use, climate smart-housing architecture and agro-forestry within the framework of decentralization and district development planning. Originality/value This paper will contribute to climate change research in two ways: first, by drawing attention to the usefulness of CRA in vulnerability assessment; and second, by focusing on climate elements which are critical for CCAP but rarely given sufficient attention in vulnerability assessments.

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Jiri, Obert, Paramu L. Mafongoya, and Pauline Chivenge. "Contextual vulnerability of rainfed crop-based farming communities in semi-arid Zimbabwe." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 9, no. 6 (November 20, 2017): 777–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-03-2017-0070.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and variability based on the socioeconomic and biophysical characteristics of Chiredzi District, a region that is susceptible to the adverse effects of climate change and variability. Design/methodology/approach Vulnerability was assessed using the Vulnerability to Resilience and the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity frameworks. Findings The major indicators and drivers of vulnerability were identified as droughts, flash floods, poor soil fertility and out-migration leaving female- and child-headed households. From sensitivity analysis, it was shown that different areas within the district considered different biophysical and socioeconomic indicators to climate change and variability. They also considered different vulnerability indicators to influence the decisions for adaptation to climate change and variability. Originality/value The results of this study indicate that the area and cropping systems are greatly exposed and are sensitive to climatic change stimuli, as shown by the decline in main cereal grain yield. These results also showed that there is a need to define and map local area vulnerability as a basis to recommend coping and adaptation measures to counter climate change hazards.

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Papadopoulou, Maria, Despoina Charchousi, Katerina Spanoudaki, Anna Karali, Konstantinos Varotsos, Christos Giannakopoulos, Marinos Markou, and Maria Loizidou. "Agricultural Water Vulnerability under Climate Change in Cyprus." Atmosphere 11, no. 6 (June 18, 2020): 648. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060648.

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This study focuses on the quantification of climate change (CC) effects on agricultural water availability in Cyprus. Projections of climatic variables, based on Regional Climate Models (RCMs) forced by the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5, were used as CC driving forces affecting water availability. Groundwater flow models were developed for specific high-interest agricultural areas in Larnaca and Paphos to assess the CC impacts on these groundwater systems, while the Standardized Precipitation–Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) analysis was also adopted, for the first time in Cyprus, to assess future trends of water reservoir storage under the projected climatic conditions. Considering the current cultivation and irrigation practices, a decrease in groundwater level close to 1 m and further inland seawater intrusion in Larnaca aquifers are expected, while in Paphos’ aquifers, the predicted water table fluctuations are not significant. Additionally, SPEI values at the Asprokemos and Kouris dams are correlated with water storage measurements, showing that a SPEI downward trend observed in these reservoirs could set off an alarm to the water authorities with respect to water availability as more severe drought events are expected in the future. The expected pressure on surface waters imposes the need for an improved water management plan that will not depend on the further exploitation of groundwater.

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Le, Tuan Ngoc. "Assessing the vulnerability to climate change – review." Science and Technology Development Journal - Natural Sciences 1, T2 (June 30, 2017): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.32508/stdjns.v1it2.443.

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Climate change (CC) and their related impacts become clearer and significantly affect socio-economic fields as well as public health. Accordingly, the assessment of vulnerability to CC becomes necessary and is the basis for the formulation of measures to enhance the adaptive capacity and to mitigate CC effects. This work aims to review the situation of research and assessment of vulnerability; especially approaches and assessment methods, serving establishing methodology of vulnerability assessment due to CC for concerned industries, sectors, areas, and objects.

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Li, Meng, Xianzhou Zhang, Yongtao He, Ben Niu, and Jianshuang Wu. "Assessment of the vulnerability of alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau." PeerJ 8 (February 6, 2020): e8513. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8513.

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Assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change is critical for sustainable and adaptive ecosystem management. Alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are considered to be vulnerable to climate change, yet the ecosystem tends to maintain stability by increasing resilience and decreasing sensitivity. To date, the spatial pattern of grassland vulnerability to climate change and the mechanisms that vegetation applies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on grasslands by altering relevant ecosystem characteristics, especially sensitivity and resilience, remain unknown. In this study, we first assessed the spatial pattern of grassland vulnerability to climate change by integrating exposure, sensitivity, and resilience simultaneously, and then identified its driving forces. The results show that grasslands with high vulnerability were mainly located on the edges of the plateau, whereas alpine grasslands in the hinterlands of the plateau showed a low vulnerability. This spatial pattern of alpine grassland vulnerability was controlled by climatic exposure, and grassland sensitivity and resilience to climate change might also exacerbate or alleviate the degree of vulnerability. Climate change had variable impacts on different grassland types. Desert steppes were more vulnerable to climate change than alpine meadows and alpine steppes because of the high variability in environmental factors and their low ability to recover from perturbations. Our findings also confirm that grazing intensity, a quantitative index of the most important human disturbance on alpine grasslands in this plateau, was significantly correlated with ecosystem vulnerability. Moderate grazing intensity was of benefit for increasing grassland resilience and then subsequently reducing grassland vulnerability. Thus, this study suggests that future assessments of ecosystem vulnerability should not ignore anthropogenic disturbances, which might benefit environmental protection and sustainable management of grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

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He, Cheng, Liguo Zhou, Weichun Ma, and Yuan Wang. "Spatial Assessment of Urban Climate Change Vulnerability during Different Urbanization Phases." Sustainability 11, no. 8 (April 23, 2019): 2406. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11082406.

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In urban areas, concentrated populations and societal changes intensify the influence of climate change. However, few studies have focused on vulnerability to climate-related risks on the scale of a single urban area. Against this backdrop, we reconstructed a spatial vulnerability framework based on the drivers-pressures-state-impact-response (DPSIR) model to reflect the complex interactions between urbanization and climate change and to integrate the natural and socio-economic factors of urban areas into this framework. Furthermore, to explore the relationship between rapid urbanization and climate change, we studied data from two years that represented different stages of urbanization. The results showed that the index framework was able to reconcile these two concepts to reflect the complex interactions between urbanization and climate change. The assessment results indicate that the overall degree of climate change vulnerability exhibits a generally increasing and dispersing trend after rapid urbanization. The increasing trend is influenced by an increase in low-vulnerability areas, and the dispersing trend is influenced by anthropogenic activities caused by rapid urbanization. The changes are reflected in the following observations: 1. The suburbs are affected by their own natural environmental characteristics and rapid urbanization; the vulnerability level has risen in most areas but has declined in certain inland areas. 2. High-vulnerability regions show minor changes during this stage due to the lasting impact of climate change. Finally, the main environmental problems faced by high-vulnerability areas are discussed based on existing research.

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Razzaque, Md Abdur, Muhammed Alamgir, and Md Mujibor Rahman. "Climate Change Vulnerability in Dacope Upazila, Bangladesh." Journal of Scientific Research and Reports 21, no. 4 (January 2, 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/jsrr/2018/45471.

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Lee, Moon-Hwan, Il-Won Jung, and Deg-Hyo Bae. "Korean Flood Vulnerability Assessment on Climate Change." Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 44, no. 8 (August 31, 2011): 653–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/jkwra.2011.44.8.653.

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Nahayo, Lamek, Jean Baptiste Nsengiyumva, Christophe Mupenzi, Richard Mindje, and Enan Muhire Nyesheja. "Climate Change Vulnerability in Rwanda, East Africa." International Journal of Geography and Geology 8, no. 1 (2019): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.10.2019.81.1.9.

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Sutherland, J., and B. Gouldby. "Vulnerability of coastal defences to climate change." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water and Maritime Engineering 156, no. 2 (June 2003): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/wame.2003.156.2.137.

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Sutherland, J., and B. Gouldby. "Vulnerability of coastal defences to climate change." Maritime Engineering 156, no. 2 (June 2003): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/maen.156.2.137.37970.

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Shvidenko, Anatoly, Igor Buksha, Svitlana Krakovska, and Petro Lakyda. "Vulnerability of Ukrainian Forests to Climate Change." Sustainability 9, no. 7 (June 30, 2017): 1152. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9071152.

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Gössling, Stefan, and Daniel Scott. "Climate Change and Tourism: Exploring Destination Vulnerability." Tourism Review International 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2008): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427208785899975.

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Sutherland, J., and B. Gouldby. "Vulnerability of coastal defences to climate change." Water Management 156, no. 2 (June 2003): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/wama.156.2.137.38008.

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Rahman, Rashadur. "Climate Change Induced Vulnerability: Migration towards Cities." IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology 4, no. 5 (2013): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/2402-0457782.

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Nistor, Mărgărit-Mircea. "Groundwater vulnerability in Europe under climate change." Quaternary International 547 (May 2020): 185–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.04.012.

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Pérez Urrestarazu, L., I. K. Smout, J. A. Rodríguez Díaz, and M. T. Carrillo Cobo. "Irrigation Distribution Networks’ Vulnerability to Climate Change." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 136, no. 7 (July 2010): 486–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ir.1943-4774.0000210.

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Wang, Haiyang. "Impact of climate change on national vulnerability." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 208 (December 20, 2018): 012114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/208/1/012114.

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Metternicht, Graciela, Andrea Sabelli, and Jason Spensley. "Climate change vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessment." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 6, no. 4 (November 11, 2014): 442–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-06-2013-0076.

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