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Kategorie	Textpublikation
Referenztyp	Buchkapitel
DOI	10.1007/978-3-319-03982-4_6
Titel (primär)	Assessing social vulnerability of households and communities in flood prone urban areas
Titel (sekundär)	Urban vulnerability and climate change in Africa : a multidisciplinary approach
Autor	Kabisch, S.; Jean-Baptiste, N.; John, R.; Kombe, W.J.
Herausgeber	Pauleit, S.; Coly, A.; Fohlmeister, S.; Gasparini, P.; Jørgensen, G.; Kabisch, S.; Kombe, W.J.; Lindley, S.; Simonis, I.; Yeshitela, K.
Quelle	Future City
Erscheinungsjahr	2015
Department	SUSOZ
Band/Volume	4
Seite von	197
Seite bis	228
Sprache	englisch
Keywords	Social vulnerability framework; Indicators; Household; Community; Flooding; Adaptation
UFZ Querschnittsthemen	RU6
UFZ Bestand	Leipzig, Bibliothek, elektronische Medien, 00500982, 15-0358 EM
Abstract	This chapter deals with the assessment of social vulnerability in flood prone areas in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which recently experienced intensified flood events. While recognising that no single concept of vulnerability is widely accepted, the CLUVA project has developed an overall understanding that social vulnerability refers to the ability of an actor/group or system to anticipate, cope with and recover from the impact of a hazard. Our research focuses on households and communities and their adaptive capacities towards flooding events. The levels of responses have a direct effect on their livelihood. Our main concern is to investigate the conditions of households and communities when facing a particular climatic event. For our empirical analysis we developed a conceptual frame consisting of a vulnerability ladder including four main dimensions: asset, institutional, attitudinal and physical. These distinct dimensions offer a base for identifying and developing an indicator set through a participatory approach with different stakeholders. This chapter presents the example of Bonde La Mpunga in Dar es Salaam and demonstrates the different kinds of coping and adaptation measures being adopted with respect to local flooding issues.
dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung	https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=16116
Kabisch, S., Jean-Baptiste, N., John, R., Kombe, W.J. (2015): Assessing social vulnerability of households and communities in flood prone urban areas In: Pauleit, S., Coly, A., Fohlmeister, S., Gasparini, P., Jørgensen, G., Kabisch, S., Kombe, W.J., Lindley, S., Simonis, I., Yeshitela, K. (eds.) Urban vulnerability and climate change in Africa : a multidisciplinary approach Future City 4 Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 197 - 228 10.1007/978-3-319-03982-4_6