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Bibliothèque A systematic review of local vulnerability to climate change: in search of transparency, coherence and comparability

A systematic review of local vulnerability to climate change: in search of transparency, coherence and comparability

A systematic review of local vulnerability to climate change: in search of transparency, coherence and comparability

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Décembre 2014
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handle:10568/56692
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Because vulnerability is a conceptual construct rather than a directly observable phenomenon,

most vulnerability assessments measure a set of “vulnerability indicators”. In order to identify

the core approaches and range of variation in the field, we conducted a systematic literature

review on local vulnerability to climate change. The systematic review entailed an

identification of frameworks, concepts, and operationalizations and a transparency assessment

of their reporting. Three fully defined relevant frameworks of vulnerability were identified:

IPCC, Patterns of Smallholder Vulnerability and Vulnerability as Expected Poverty.

Comparative analysis found substantial heterogeneity in frameworks, concepts and

operationalizations, making it impossible to identify patterns of climate vulnerability

indicators and determinants that have robust empirical support. If research measuring farmers’

vulnerability to climate change is to have any comparability, it needs greater conceptual

coherence and empirical validity. We recommend a systematic program of testing and

validating vulnerability measures before institutionalizing them in programmatic contexts.

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Ericksen, Polly
Delaney, A.
Tamás, P.
Chesterman, Sabrina
Crane, Todd A.

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