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Profiling urban vulnerabilities to climate change: An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for European cities |
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| Affiliation: | 1. United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany;2. Institute of Spatial Planning, Technical University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany;3. Institut de Ciècia i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain;1. Associate Professor, Institute of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan;2. Researcher, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;3. Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;4. Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Health, Science and the Environment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia;1. Department of Environmental Change, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University, Sweden;2. Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden;3. Techno-science Studies, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden;4. Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Kota, India;5. Department of Mathematics, Government College, Kota, India |
| Abstract: | Governing climate change in cities entails a good understanding of urban vulnerabilities. This research presents an Indicator-based Vulnerability Assessment for 571 European cities. Basing on panel data from Urban Audit database and a set of newly developed indicators, we assessed urban vulnerabilities for the following impact chains: (i) heatwaves on human health; (ii) drought on water planning, and; (iii) flooding (sub-divided into pluvial, fluvial and coastal) on the socio-economic tissue and the urban fabric. Results shed light on the key challenges that specific groups of European cities face in order to better deal with the expected impacts of climate change. This knowledge is a necessary step to advance in the understanding of urban risks to climate change and the development of effective EU policies for urban adaptation. |
| Keywords: | Climate change Vulnerability Indicator-based vulnerability assessment Sensitivity Adaptive capacity Index Indicators Cities Adaptation to climate change |
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