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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.14512/gaia.21.3.11
Titel (primär) Soziale Verwundbarkeit gegenüber Hochwasser: Lehren aus der Elbeflut 2002. Social vulnerability to flooding: lessons learned from the Elbe flood 2002
Autor Steinführer, A.; Kuhlicke, C.
Quelle Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
Department SUSOZ
Band/Volume 21
Heft 3
Seite von 202
Seite bis 209
Sprache deutsch
Keywords flood; risk management; social capacities; social vulnerability
Abstract

Sind soziale Gruppen unterschiedlich stark von Hochwasserereignissen betroffen? Diese Frage nach sozialer Verwundbarkeit untersuchte eine Studie im Nachgang der Elbeflut 2002. Die Ergebnisse konnten die theoreti schen Annahmen zwar nicht belegen, zeigen aber, in welche Richtung das Konzept der sozialen Verwundbarkeit weiterent wickelt werden muss. So sind bei der Risikobewertung etwa gesellschaftliche Faktoren stärker zu berücksichtigen. Denn das Vertrauen allein in technische Schutzvorrichtungen kann zu einer erhöhten Verwundbarkeit gegenüber Naturereignissen führen.

Compared to the well-established concept "vulnerability", there has been less research on "social vulnerability", particularly with respect to highly developed welfare states. Conducting an in-depth study on the consequences of the 2002 Elbe flood in three German communities, the paper tests the applicability of the concept of social vulnerability in a European context. The research was based on the assumption that it is an expression of social inequality. Yet, socially vulnerable groups were not clearly distinguishable. This does not suggest, however, that social vulnerability is not relevant in the European context. Rather, it is the outcome of a complex web of drivers that are of both social and contextual origin. Three implications are outlined for future studies: the need to integrate top-down and bottom-up oriented approaches to assess social vulnerability, to embed our understanding of social vulnerability better in overall societal transformation processes, and to consider existing governance and management systems and their interrelations as well as their consequences for social vulnerability.
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Steinführer, A., Kuhlicke, C. (2012):
Soziale Verwundbarkeit gegenüber Hochwasser: Lehren aus der Elbeflut 2002. Social vulnerability to flooding: lessons learned from the Elbe flood 2002
GAIA 21 (3), 202 - 209 10.14512/gaia.21.3.11