A Framework for Vulnerability Analysis in Sustainability Science

Global environmental change and sustainability science increasingly recognize the need to address the consequences of changes taking place in the structure and function of the biosphere. These changes raise questions such as: Who and what are vulnerable to the multiple environmental changes underway...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2003-07, Vol.100 (14), p.8074-8079
Main Authors: Turner, B. L., Kasperson, Roger E., Matson, Pamela A., McCarthy, James J., Corell, Robert W., Christensen, Lindsey, Eckley, Noelle, Kasperson, Jeanne X., Luers, Amy, Martello, Marybeth L., Polsky, Colin, Pulsipher, Alexander, Schiller, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Analysis
Animals
Biological Sciences
Climate change
Conservation of Natural Resources
Decision Making
Disasters
Ecological sustainability
Ecosystem
Ecosystems
Endowments
Famine
Global environmental change
Health hazards
Humans
Modeling
Models, Theoretical
Natural hazards
Safety
Safety Management
Science
Science and Technology for Sustainable Development Special Feature
Social Sciences
Stress, Physiological
Sustainability science
Vulnerable Populations
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Summary:Global environmental change and sustainability science increasingly recognize the need to address the consequences of changes taking place in the structure and function of the biosphere. These changes raise questions such as: Who and what are vulnerable to the multiple environmental changes underway, and where? Research demonstrates that vulnerability is registered not by exposure to hazards (perturbations and stresses) alone but also resides in the sensitivity and resilience of the system experiencing such hazards. This recognition requires revisions and enlargements in the basic design of vulnerability assessments, including the capacity to treat coupled human-environment systems and those linkages within and without the systems that affect their vulnerability. A vulnerability framework for the assessment of coupled human-environment systems is presented.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1231335100