Thursday 7/4, 10 – 12 in room A319: Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

Through an interactive introductory lecture, we will discuss different risk and vulnerability assessment examples and approaches

Readings:

Boholm, Å. and Corvellec, H. 2010. “A relational theory of Risk”. Journal of Risk Research 2010: 1 – 16.

Balica, S., Wright, N. & van der Meulen, F. (2012). “A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts”. Natural Hazards64(1): 73 – 105.

Engle, N. (2011). “Adaptive capacity and its assessment”. Global Environmental Change21(2): 647-656.

Extra Reading: a brand new paper that resonates very well with the vulnerability assessment approach that I present during the lecture is this one.