Social and economic vulnerability of coastal communities to sea-level rise and extreme flooding

Daniel Felsenstein () and Michal Lichter ()

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2014, vol. 71, issue 1, 463-491

Abstract: This paper assesses the socioeconomic consequences of extreme coastal flooding events. Wealth and income impacts associated with different social groups in coastal communities in Israel are estimated. A range of coastal flood hazard zones based on different scenarios are identified. These are superimposed on a composite social vulnerability index to highlight the spatial variation in the socioeconomic structure of those areas exposed to flooding. Economic vulnerability is captured by the exposure of wealth and income. For the former, we correlate the distribution of housing stock at risk with the socioeconomic characteristics of threatened populations. We also estimate the value of residential assets exposed under the different scenarios. For the latter, we calculate the observed change in income distribution of the population under threat of inundation. We interpret the change in income distribution as an indicator of recovery potential. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Social vulnerability; Asset vulnerability; Income distribution; Flood hazard zones; Sea-level rise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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