Determinants of residential vulnerability to flood hazards in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Oulahen, Greg; Shrubsole, Dan; McBean, Gordon

doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1751-5

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“…This occupation makes society more vulnerable to natural disasters, which commonly occur in the study region, such as landslides and tree falls. The vulnerability is an important factor in determining overall vulnerability to ood hazards (Oulahen et al 2015). Landslide is an important natural hazard, and therefore, recognition of both landslide-prone areas and landside susceptibility mapping is the interest of responsible organizations and researchers.…”

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Homogeneous regions for rainfall distribution in the city of Rio de Janeiro associated with the risk of natural disasters

2021

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Understanding the occurrence of natural disasters in regions where the occurrence is high is very important, it is known that the occurrence of disasters associated with intense rains are a source of research in different locations around the globe, being important not only for increasing accuracy of weather forecasting models, but important information for civil defense, where lives can be saved. The increase in the occurrence of natural disasters related to extreme rainfalls has become a problem of large urban centers, such as the city of Rio de Janeiro (CRJ). Thus, the identi cation of homogeneous regions for rainfall distribution (HRRD) becomes essential to identify regions at risks of oods and mass movements. The aim of this research was to identify HRRD in CRJ associated to the risk of natural disasters. The identi cation of homogeneous regions was carried out with the use of monthly rainfall data from 14 pluviometric stations spatially distributed in the study area between 1997 and 2018.Rainfall data were submitted to descriptive statistical analysis, and subsequently to Cluster Analysis.Cluster analysis identi ed 4 homogeneous groups regarding annual rainfall distribution. The result showed relevance regarding physiographic aspects that characterize the rainfall dynamics in CRJ, highlighting areas favorable to the occurrence of natural disasters.

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Homogeneous regions for rainfall distribution in the city of Rio de Janeiro associated with the risk of natural disasters

2021

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“…This particular case builds on existing case studies in Metro Vancouver (Burch 2010a, 2010b; Shaw et al 2014; Oulahen, Mortsch, et al 2015; Oulahen, Shrubsole, and McBean 2015; Graham and Mitchell 2016) to better understand the processes and urban politics of municipal climate change action. Moreover, our specific focus on municipal practitioners’ perceptions regarding their role in advocating for climate change action at the municipal level adds further nuance and understanding to barriers and enablers of municipal action on climate change (Burch 2010a).…”

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Evidence-Based Advocacy for Municipal Climate Change Action

Mitchell

Graham

2017

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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In this article, we argue that evidence-based advocacy for climate change action should be a core competency of professional planners. However, data from our case study in Metro Vancouver, Canada, suggests that municipal-level climate change practitioners have conflicting views regarding their professional responsibility to advocate for action on climate change. We contend these tensions stem from twentieth-century planning debates, which oscillate between rational-comprehensive planning versus calls to advocate, in one form or another, for various public interests. Overall, we find that transforming barriers into enablers of action on climate change must include critical engagement with planning theory and education.

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“…Traditional, mutualized risk pools that distribute the cost of high‐risk properties across the pool can be unfair. A number of studies point to examples of wealthy, insured residents choosing to live in attractive, but high‐risk locations, being subsidized by other, less affluent policy‐holders as a result of mutualized insurance pools (e.g., Oulahen et al, 2015; Roberts, 2013). Mutualization to keep premiums low has also been blamed for encouraging housing development in high risk areas (Cutter et al, 2018).…”

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“…Differences in understandings of the division of responsibility between insurers, government agencies, and the insured can have multiple negative outcomes. In a Canadian study, Oulahen, Shrubsole, and McBean (2015) found that residents believed that governments should take primary responsibility for reducing the impact of natural hazards, while insurance companies were perceived to have lower levels of responsibility. In practice, insurers failed to meet even these community expectations.…”

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Privatizing climate adaptation: How insurance weakens solidaristic and collective disaster recovery

Lucas

Booth

2020

WIREs Climate Change

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As losses from extreme weather events grow, many governments are looking to privatize the financing and incentivization of climate adaptation through insurance markets. In a pure market approach to insurance for extreme weather events, individuals become responsible for ensuring they are adequately covered for risks to their own properties, and governments no longer contribute funds to post-disaster recovery. Theoretically, insurance premiums signal the level of risk faced by each household, and incentivize homeowners to invest in adaptive action, such as retrofitting, or drainage work, to reduce premiums. Where risk is considered too high by insurance markets, housing is devalued, in theory leading to retreat from risky areas. In this review article, we evaluate the suitability of private insurance as a mechanism for climate adaptation at a household and community level. We find a mismatch between social understandings of responsibility for climate risks, and the technocratic, market-based home insurance products offered by private insurance markets. We suggest that by constructing increasingly individualized, technical, and calculative evaluations of risk, market-based models of insurance for extreme weather events erode the solidaristic and collective discourses and practices that support adaptive behavior.

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Determinants of residential vulnerability to flood hazards in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Cited by 27 publications

References 28 publications

Homogeneous regions for rainfall distribution in the city of Rio de Janeiro associated with the risk of natural disasters

Homogeneous regions for rainfall distribution in the city of Rio de Janeiro associated with the risk of natural disasters

Evidence-Based Advocacy for Municipal Climate Change Action

Privatizing climate adaptation: How insurance weakens solidaristic and collective disaster recovery

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