RT Journal Article
T1 Profiling urban vulnerabilities to climate change: 												An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for European cities
A1 Tapia, Carlos
A1 Abajo, Beñat
A1 Feliu, Efren
A1 Mendizabal, Maddalen
A1 Martinez, José Antonio
A1 Fernández, J. German
A1 Laburu, Txomin
A1 Lejarazu, Adelaida
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.
SN 1470-160X
YR 2017
FD 2017-07-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3911
UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3911
LA eng
NO Tapia , C , Abajo , B , Feliu , E , Mendizabal , M , Martinez , J A , Fernández , J G , Laburu , T & Lejarazu , A 2017 , ' Profiling urban vulnerabilities to climate change : An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for European cities ' , Ecological Indicators , vol. 78 , pp. 142-155 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.040
NO Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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