Climate-Related Vulnerability Assessment Toward Disaster Risk Reduction: Insight from Pakistan

Abbas Hafiz Waqar () and Guo Xuesong ()
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Abbas Hafiz Waqar: School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Guo Xuesong: School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 307-350

Abstract: Globally, climate-related disasters (CRDs) have become a common phenomenon in the last few decades, increasing vulnerability and causing disaster mortality. To manage disaster risk, the global Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction (SFDRR) provides a solid action plan for disaster risk reduction (DRR) considering all the dimensions of vulnerability. However, countries are still less receptive at the local level to adopting the SFDRR. Also, the global research community did not explore vulnerability features based on the Sendai Framework nor integrated such features with the four priorities of SFDRR. Based on the case of Pakistan, this study seeks to bridge the gap through three objectives. The first objective of the study is to identify the vulnerability features cited in the SFDRR. In addition, the research aims to develop a new vulnerability model by integrating SFDRR’s four priorities. As a second objective, it is intended to develop a decision support framework for ranking and evaluating each of the SFDRR priority action areas under local conditions. A third objective is to assess the impact of climate-induced environmental, socioeconomic and political vulnerabilities on climate-driven mortality. To meet these three different objectives, the authors have adopted a multi-method approach by using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and binary logistic regression method (BLRM). Based on the assessment, the authors suggested some policy implications.

Keywords: climate-related vulnerability; disaster risk reduction; mortality risk; Pakistan; Sendai Framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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