Constructing a social vulnerability index for flooding: insights from a municipality in Sweden

Constructing a social vulnerability index for flooding: insights from a municipality in Sweden

Floods disproportionately affect disadvantaged groups. Social vulnerability assessments are the first step in designing just and equitable flood risk reduction strategies. In Sweden, earlier social vulnerability indices apply top-down approaches. In this paper, we develop and apply a combined bottom...

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Main Authors: Mathilda Englund, Marlon Vieira Passos, Karin André, Åsa Gerger Swartling, Lisa Segnestam, Karina Barquet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Climate
Subjects:
Sweden
flooding
justice
social vulnerability
social vulnerability index
bottom-up assessment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2023.1038883/full

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