Linking components of vulnerability in theoretic frameworks and case studies

Climate Change Impacts in Agricultural Communities in Rural Areas of Coastal Bangladesh: A Tale of Many Stories

“…Impacts are defined as the consequences of interaction of climate change events with the vulnerability of human and natural systems underpinned by other social, physical and environmental variables [2,3,47,48]. Similar to the concept of vulnerability, assessment of impacts has been widened from single to multi-dimensional aspects, including non-climatic stimuli such as socio-economic indicators as major determinants of impacts [48,50,51].…”

Climate vulnerability assessment methodology: Agriculture under climate change in the Nordic region

“…It is generally accepted that there is a need for greater clarity concerning vulnerability and related concepts. Numerous studies have, due to the prevailing confusion, attempted to assess the various definitions and conceptualizations in order to identify and create overarching frameworks (Kelly and Adger 2000;Brooks 2003;Turner et al 2003;Adger et al 2004;Adger 2006;Eakin and Luers 2006;Füssel and Klein 2006;Gallopín 2006;O'Brien et al 2007;Soares et al 2012;Costa and Kropp 2013). However, a general conclusion of these conceptual studies is that the concept entails considerable confusion (Ionescu et al 2009).…”

“…The multiple interpretations of the components of vulnerability identified by various conceptual frameworks do not translate into distinct approaches or methodologies in assessing vulnerability (Costa and Kropp 2013). Although the conceptualizations of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity appear straightforward, it has proven difficult to operationalize them in climate vulnerability assessment studies (Ionescu et al 2009).…”

“…Although the conceptualizations of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity appear straightforward, it has proven difficult to operationalize them in climate vulnerability assessment studies (Ionescu et al 2009). The longstanding confusion surrounding vulnerability and related concepts calls for greater emphasis on systematically assessing how vulnerability components are made operational (Costa and Kropp 2013).…”

“…Besides the perspectives reflected in these definitions of vulnerability, several studies argue that two streams of vulnerability literature exist that are specifically relevant to climate change science (Costa and Kropp 2013;Giupponi and Biscaro 2015). One stream focuses on disaster and hazard-risk management and the other on climate change and adaptation.…”