Tapsell, S.; McCarthy, S.; Faulkner, H.; Alexander, M.; Steinführer, A.; Kuhlicke, C.; Brown, S.; Walker, G.; Pellizzoni, L.; Scolobig, A.; De Marchi, B.; Bianchizza, C.; Supramaniam, M.; Kallis, G.

Social vulnerability to natural hazards

Project report

Tapsell, S., McCarthy, S., Faulkner, H., Alexander, M., Steinführer, A., Kuhlicke, C., Brown, S., Walker, G., Pellizzoni, L., Scolobig, A., De Marchi, B., Bianchizza, C., Supramaniam, M. and Kallis, G. 2010. Social vulnerability to natural hazards. European Commission.

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Type	Project report
Title	Social vulnerability to natural hazards
Authors	Tapsell, S., McCarthy, S., Faulkner, H., Alexander, M., Steinführer, A., Kuhlicke, C., Brown, S., Walker, G., Pellizzoni, L., Scolobig, A., De Marchi, B., Bianchizza, C., Supramaniam, M. and Kallis, G.
Abstract	This report examines social vulnerability, how it might be understood in the context of natural hazards in Europe, and how social vulnerability can be addressed to increase social capacity. The report is a key deliverable from Work Package 4 of the CapHaz-Net FP7 project. The objective of the report is to review the existing ‘state of the art’ literature on social vulnerability, and particularly that within the Europe, including both academic and practitioner literature. In addition the report will examine how the concept of social vulnerability, and approaches to measuring it, have been or could be applied to natural hazards. Along with the literature review, three empirical examples written by members of the research team have been included from past natural hazard events to illustrate particular approaches to studying social vulnerability, and to raise some key issues in our understanding of the concept.
Keywords	Social vulnerability Natural hazards
Research Group	Flood Hazard Research Centre
Publisher	European Commission
Print	2010
Publication process dates
Deposited	27 May 2015
Output status	Published
Copyright Statement	Copyright CapHaz-Net Consortium. Publically available document - see http://caphaz-net.org/outcomes-results/CapHaz-Net_WP4_Social-Vulnera... Access to full text restricted pending copyright check.
Additional information	Report for the EC FP7 Caphaz-Net Project (Social Capacity Builing for Natural Hazards: Towards More Resilient Societies) Deliverable Report D 4.1 of the EC FP7 Cap-Haz Net Project Work Package 4
Web address (URL)	http://caphaz-net.org/outcomes-results/CapHaz-Net_WP4_Social-Vulnerability2.pdf
Language	English

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