An Index-Based Approach to Assess Social Vulnerability for Hamburg, Germany

作     者：Malte von Szombathely Franziska S.Hanf Janka Bareis Linda Meier Jürgen Oßenbrügge Thomas Pohl Malte von Szombathely;Franziska S.Hanf;Janka Bareis;Linda Meier;Jürgen Oßenbrügge;Thomas Pohl

作者机构：Institute for GeographyCenter for Earth System Research and SustainabilityUniversität Hamburg20146HamburgGermany Meteorological InstituteCenter for Earth System Research and SustainabilityUniversität Hamburg20146HamburgGermany Institute for GeographyUniversität Hamburg20146HamburgGermany Research Unit for Sustainability and Climate RisksCenter for Earth System Research and SustainabilityUniversität Hamburg20144HamburgGermany 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第14卷第5期

页      面：782-794页

核心收录：

学科分类：02[经济学] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 030206[法学-国际政治] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG German Research Foundation)under Germany’s Excellence Strategy—EXC 2037"CLICCS—Climate Climatic Change and Society"—Project No.390683824. 

主　　题：Climate change adaptation Hamburg Risk approach Social vulnerability Social vulnerability index 

摘      要：In this study,we set out to develop a new social vulnerability index(SVI).In doing so,we suggest some conceptual improvements that can be made to existing methodical approaches to assessing social vulnerability.To make the entanglement of socio-spatial inequalities visible,we are conducting a small-scale study on heterogeneous urban development in the city of Hamburg,Germany.This kind of high-resolution analysis was not previously available,but is increasingly requested by political decision makers.We can thus show hot spots of social vulnerability(SV)in Hamburg,considering the effects of social welfare,education,and age.In doing so,we defined SV as a contextual concept that follows the recent shift in discourse in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s(IPCC)concepts of risk and vulnerability.Our SVI consists of two subcomponents:sensitivity and coping capacity.Populated areas of Hamburg were identified using satellite information and merged with the social data units of the city.Areas with high SVI are distributed over the entire city,notably in the district of Harburg and the Reiherstieg quarter in Wilhelmsburg near the Elbe,as well as in the densely populated inner city areas of Eimsbüttel and St.Pauli.As a map at a detailed scale,our SVI can be a useful tool to identify areas where the population is most vulnerable to climate-related hazards.We conclude that an enhanced understanding of urban social vulnerability is a prerequisite for urban risk management and urban resilience planning.