TY - JOUR
T1 - Profiling urban vulnerabilities to climate change
T2 - An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for European cities
AU - Tapia, Carlos
AU - Abajo, Beñat
AU - Feliu, Efren
AU - Mendizabal, Maddalen
AU - Martinez, José Antonio
AU - Fernández, J. German
AU - Laburu, Txomin
AU - Lejarazu, Adelaida
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Adaptation to climate change
KW - Adaptive capacity
KW - Cities
KW - Climate change
KW - Index
KW - Indicator-based vulnerability assessment
KW - Indicators
KW - Sensitivity
KW - Vulnerability
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.040
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85015363456
SN - 1470-160X
VL - 78
SP - 142
EP - 155
JO - Ecological Indicators
JF - Ecological Indicators
ER -
