This title suggests some of the fundamental aspects of the multidisciplinary, debate-filled, and policy relevant
research surrounding the impact of shocks groups at risk from multiple stressors. This publication is the first
SOURCE dedicated to examining the state of research and emerging perspectives on social vulnerability. The volume
is part of a larger effort by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
to consolidate research on social vulnerability and facilitate science that increases the understanding, and
proposes possible solutions to manifestations, of social vulnerability to environmental and social stressors. In
response to a growing need for knowledge about social vulnerability UNU-EHS began forging new partnerships to fill
knowledge gaps and foster a corps of scientists to address complex questions surrounding the multiple aspects of
vulnerability, including social vulnerability.
SUMMARY
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Perspectives on Social Vulnerability: Introduction
by Koko Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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SECTION I. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1 (Non-)Knowledge in Hazard and Vulnerability Research: A Heuristic Typology for Empirical
Case Studies by Christian Kuhlicke . . . . . . . . . |
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1.2 Being Temporal and Vulnerability to Natural Disasters by
Danny H. de Vries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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1.3 Water Related Health Risk, Social Vulnerability and Pierre Bourdieu by Patrick Sakdapolrak. . . .
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SECTION II. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1 Vulnerability, Resilience, and Robustness to Urban Water Scarcity: A Case from Cochabamba,
Bolivia by Amber Wutich . . . . . . . |
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2.2 Hard Decisions in the Big Easy: Social Capital and Evacuation of the New Orleans Area Hispanic Community
During Hurricane Katrina by Byron Real . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3 Social Distribution of Risk: A Case Study in Tehuantepec, Mexico by Fernando Briones Gamboa
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SECTION III. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.1 Mapping Water Potential: The Use of WATEX to Support UNHCR Refugee Camp Operations in Eastern Chad by
Firoz Verjee & Alain Gachet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.2 The Effectiveness of Water Policy on Reducing People's Risk Exposure toWater Management Inefficiencies
in Mexico City by Fabiola Sagrario Sosa Rodríguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.3 Case Study of a Catastrophic Event -Hurricane Katrina: An Evaluation of Social Vulnerability and
Community/Organizational Resilience by Laura Olson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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