Scenarios for vulnerability: opportunities and constraints in the context of climate change and disaster risk

Joern Birkmann (), Susan Cutter, Dale Rothman, Torsten Welle, Matthias Garschagen, Bas van Ruijven, Brian O’Neill, Benjamin Preston, Stefan Kienberger (), Omar Cardona, Tiodora Siagian, Deny Hidayati, Neysa Setiadi, Claudia Binder, Barry Hughes and Roger Pulwarty

Climatic Change, 2015, vol. 133, issue 1, 53-68

Abstract: Most scientific assessments for climate change adaptation and risk reduction are based on scenarios for climatic change. Scenarios for socio-economic development, particularly in terms of vulnerability and adaptive capacity, are largely lacking. This paper focuses on the utility of socio-economic scenarios for vulnerability, risk and adaptation research. The paper introduces the goals and functions of scenarios in general and reflects on the current global debate around shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs). It examines the options and constraints of scenario methods for risk and vulnerability assessments in the context of climate change and natural hazards. Two case studies are used to contrast the opportunities and current constraints in scenario methods at different scales: the global WorldRiskIndex, based on quantitative data and indicators; and a local participatory scenario development process in Jakarta, showing a qualitative approach. The juxtaposition of a quantitative approach with global data and a qualitative-participatory local approach provides new insights on how different methods and scenario techniques can be applied in vulnerability and risk research. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Date: 2015
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