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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Turner, B. L.
• Matson, Pamela A.
• McCarthy, James J.
• Corell, Robert W.
• Christensen, Lindsey
• Eckley, Noelle
• Hovelsrud-Broda, Grete K.
• Kasperson, Jeanne X.
• Kasperson, Roger E.
• Luers, Amy
• Martello, Marybeth L.
• Mathiesen, Svein
• Naylor, Rosamond
• Polsky, Colin
• Pulsipher, Alexander
• Schiller, Andrew
• Selin, Henrik
• Tyler, Nicholas

Titel

Illustrating the Coupled Human-Environment System for Vulnerability Analysis: Three Case Studies

Ist Teil von

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2003-07, Vol.100 (14), p.8080-8085

Ort / Verlag

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The vulnerability framework of the Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability Program explicitly recognizes the coupled human-environment system and accounts for interactions in the coupling affecting the system's responses to hazards and its vulnerability. This paper illustrates the usefulness of the vulnerability framework through three case studies: the tropical southern Yucatán, the arid Yaqui Valley of northwest Mexico, and the pan-Arctic. Together, these examples illustrate the role of external forces in reshaping the systems in question and their vulnerability to environmental hazards, as well as the different capacities of stakeholders, based on their access to social and biophysical capital, to respond to the changes and hazards. The framework proves useful in directing attention to the interacting parts of the coupled system and helps identify gaps in information and understanding relevant to reducing vulnerability in the systems as a whole.