Indicators and participatory processes: a framework for assessing integrated climate vulnerability and risk as applied in Los Angeles County, California

Chloe S. Fleming (), Seann D. Regan, Amy Freitag and Heidi Burkart
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Chloe S. Fleming: CSS-Inc., Under NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Contract No. EA133C-14-NC-1384
Seann D. Regan: CSS-Inc., Under NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Contract No. EA133C-14-NC-1384
Amy Freitag: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Heidi Burkart: CSS-Inc., Under NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Contract No. EA133C-14-NC-1384

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2023, vol. 115, issue 3, No 10, 2069-2095

Abstract: Abstract Climate vulnerability research is enhanced by stakeholder engagement as coastal communities are increasingly vulnerable to climate-driven impacts, yet these impacts are rarely evenly distributed across space and stakeholder feedback is not always well incorporated into the process. While often used in applied management applications, integrated spatially explicit assessments of multi-faceted vulnerability and hazard less commonly appear in the scientific literature, especially those that are transferable across geographies and risk metrics. Since many geographies lack an integrated, stakeholder-driven assessment of multiple hazards and vulnerabilities within the same assessment, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science developed a transferable and integrated community vulnerability assessment framework (Framework) that relies primarily upon available secondary data and is supplemented with stakeholder-derived primary data. Using blended approaches in stakeholder engagement, we present the Framework’s six methodological steps as recently applied in Los Angeles County, California: iterative partner engagement, indicator and index development, vulnerability assessment, hazard assessment, risk assessment, and reengagement for adaptation action. We conclude that boundary-spanning organizations such as Sea Grant Extension programs can play a crucial role in participatory science and stakeholder needs assessments, and emphasize the need for continued stakeholder engagement in climate science.

Keywords: Integrated community vulnerability assessment; Climate risk; Stakeholder engagement; Social vulnerability; Indicators; Partner advisory committee (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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