Framing vulnerability, risk and societal responses: the MOVE framework

Birkmann, Joern; Cardona, Omar D.; Tibaduiza, Martha Liliana Carreño; Barbat, Álex H.; Pelling, Mark; Schneiderbauer, Stefan; Kienberger, Stefan; Keiler, Margreth; Alexander, David; Zeil, Peter; Welle, Torsten

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“…Nevertheless, the ability of a society to anticipate, cope with, and recover from disasters is equally important to assess floods potential impacts. Consequently, several authors emphasize the need for a holistic understanding of vulnerability by integrating its different dimensions in an overarching framework through the use of indicators (Birkmann et al, 2013;Fuchs et al, 2011;Godfrey et al, 2015).…”

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Participatory flood vulnerability assessment: a multi-criteria approach

Brito

Evers

Almoradie

2018

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

128

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Abstract. This paper presents a participatory multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach for flood vulnerability assessment while considering the relationships between vulnerability criteria. The applicability of the proposed framework is demonstrated in the municipalities of Lajeado and Estrela, Brazil. The model was co-constructed by 101 experts from governmental organizations, universities, research institutes, NGOs, and private companies. Participatory methods such as the Delphi survey, focus groups, and workshops were applied. A participatory problem structuration, in which the modellers work closely with end users, was used to establish the structure of the vulnerability index. The preferences of each participant regarding the criteria importance were spatially modelled through the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and analytical network process (ANP) multi-criteria methods. Experts were also involved at the end of the modelling exercise for validation. The final product is a set of individual and group flood vulnerability maps. Both AHP and ANP proved to be effective for flood vulnerability assessment; however, ANP is preferred as it considers the dependences among criteria. The participatory approach enabled experts to learn from each other and acknowledge different perspectives towards social learning. The findings highlight that to enhance the credibility and deployment of model results, multiple viewpoints should be integrated without forcing consensus.

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Participatory flood vulnerability assessment: a multi-criteria approach

Brito

Evers

Almoradie

2018

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

128

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“…Second, resilience as a concept is briefly explored, including the growth of the term and the sustained criticism of various interpretations, to arrive at a concept that takes a livelihood framing. Lastly, our interpretation of vulnerability and resilience are adapted to the Methods for the Improvement of Vulnerability in Europe (MOVE) framework (Birkmann et al 2013) before being tried out in the rural developing nation context of Emae Island, Vanuatu. Extrapolating root causes of vulnerability has remained a point of enquiry and contention over time (Weichselgartner 2001), and a full exploration of the history of vulnerability is beyond the scope of this research.…”

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A Framework for Disaster Vulnerability in a Small Island in the Southwest Pacific: A Case Study of Emae Island, Vanuatu

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McNamara

Witt

2017

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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The societal costs of disasters around the world are continuing to increase and Pacific Island countries are considered some of the most vulnerable. This is primarily due to a combination of high hazard exposure coupled with a range of social, economic, physical, and political vulnerabilities. This article contributes to the growing body of work that aims to understand the causal factors of disaster vulnerability, but with a specific focus on small island developing states. The article first develops a framework for understanding disaster vulnerability, drawing on extensive literature and the well-established Methods for the Improvement of Vulnerability in Europe (MOVE) framework, and second, applies this adapted framework using empirically-derived data from fieldwork on Emae Island, Vanuatu to provide a working understanding of the causal elements of disaster vulnerability. Drawn from a significant body of scholarship at the time, the MOVE framework was primarily developed as a heuristic tool in which disaster vulnerability is considered to be a function of exposure, susceptibility (socially, economically, physically, culturally, environmentally, institutionally), and a lack of resilience. We posit that this adapted framework for small islands should also include historical susceptibility, and we prefer livelihood resilience (as capabilities, social capital, knowledge, participation, and human rights) over lack of resilience. We maintain that understanding disaster vulnerability holistically, which is inclusive of both strengths and drawbacks, is crucial to ensure that limited resources can target the causal factors that produce vulnerability and help safeguard and improve livelihoods in both the short and long term.

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“…Climate change adaptation assessments tend to focus on social structures, such as the human condition or human processes, and aim to develop policies that will reduce risks associated with climate change (Füssel and Klein 2006). Disaster risk management assessments commonly focus on defining and quantifying damage ranges, typically to physical structures or number of people affected, so that levels of potential losses can be estimated and plans can be developed to achieve acceptable levels of loss and damage (Birkmann et al 2013). Finally, poverty and development agencies often focus on present social, economic, and political conditions related to people or social systems rather than biophysical systems, seeking integration across a range of stresses and human capacities (Downing and Patwardhan 2004).…”

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Assessing vulnerability: an integrated approach for mapping adaptive capacity, sensitivity, and exposure

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Making decisions and efficiently allocating resources to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities requires, among other things, an understanding of the factors that make a society vulnerable to climate and coastal hazards. One way of doing this is through the analysis of spatial data. We demonstrate how to apply GIS methods to spatially represent socioeconomic vulnerability in Grenada, a tropical small island developing state (SIDS) in the Eastern Caribbean. Our model combines spatial features representing variables of social sensitivity, community adaptive capacity, and community exposure to flooding in an integrated vulnerability index. We draw from the fields of climate change adaptation, disaster management, and poverty and development to select our variables enabling unique, cross sector, applications of our assessment. Mapping our results illustrates that vulnerability to flooding is not evenly distributed across the country and is not driven by the same factors in all areas of Grenada. This indicates a need for the implementation of different strategies in communities across Grenada to help effectively reduce vulnerability to climate and coastal hazards. The approach presented in this paper can be used to address national issues on climate change adaptation, disaster management, and poverty and development and more effectively utilize funds in order to reduce community vulnerability to natural hazards today and in the future.

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Framing vulnerability, risk and societal responses: the MOVE framework

Abstract: The paper deals with the development of a general as well as integrative and holistic framework to systematize and assess vulnerability, risk and adaptation. The framework is a thinking tool meant as a heuristic that outlines key factors and

Cited by 761 publications

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Participatory flood vulnerability assessment: a multi-criteria approach

Participatory flood vulnerability assessment: a multi-criteria approach

A Framework for Disaster Vulnerability in a Small Island in the Southwest Pacific: A Case Study of Emae Island, Vanuatu

Assessing vulnerability: an integrated approach for mapping adaptive capacity, sensitivity, and exposure

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