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2020
Journal Article
Title

Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity

Abstract
Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin-with affluence generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and adaptive capacity. However, in the context of climate change and an increase in associated hazards and disasters, we suggest the need to re-examine this dynamic relationship-a complex association we define here as the Affluence-Vulnerability Interface (AVI). We review research in different national contexts to show how a more nuanced understanding of the AVI can (a) problematize the notion that increasing material affluence necessarily has a mitigating influence on social vulnerability, (b) extend our analysis of social vulnerability beyond low-income regions to include affluent contexts and (c) improve our understanding of how psychosocial characteristics influence people's vulnerability. Finally, we briefly outline three methodological approaches that we believe will assist future engagement with the AVI.
Author(s)
Eriksen, Christine
Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland / Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (ACCESS), School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Simon, Gregory L.
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Roth, Florian  
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Lakhina, Shefali Juneja
Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (ACCESS), School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia / Wonder Labs, San Jose, CA, USA
Wisner, Ben
Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK / Environmental Studies Department, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA
Adler, Carolina
Mountain Research Initiative, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Thomalla, Frank
Climate and Disaster Risk Research and Consulting, Sydney, Australia
Scolobig, Anna
Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Brady, Kate
Australian Red Cross, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia / University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Bründl, Michael
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Neisser, Florian  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Trendanalysen INT  
Grenfell, Maree
Resilient Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Maduz, Linda
Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Prior, Timothy
Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland / Control Centre, IT, Network & Infrastructure, Swisscom (Schweiz) AG, Ittigen, Switzerland
Journal
Climatic change  
Open Access
DOI
10.1007/s10584-020-02819-x
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English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Trendanalysen INT  
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Keyword(s)
  • climate change adaptation

  • disaster resilience

  • Natural Hazards

  • psychosocial coping capacity

  • social vulnerability

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