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Aiacc Vulnerability and Adaptation Workshop Vulnerability Concepts

The document discusses concepts of vulnerability from multiple frameworks. It provides definitions for key terms like vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity, resilience, stress, perturbation, hazard, and risk. Diagrams are presented showing the progression of vulnerability and different dimensions of vulnerability including social, economic, and environmental factors.

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Aiacc Vulnerability and Adaptation Workshop Vulnerability Concepts

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Concepts of Vulnerability

AIACC Project

AIACC VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION WORKSHOP VULNERABILITY CONCEPTS Objectives: To introduce the range of definitions of vulnerability To look at range of methods in vulnerability assessment To consider ways to apply vulnerability assessment in AIACC projects Module plan: Range of vulnerability assessment methods (15 min) Table with checklist of uses Vulnerability concepts and definitions (45 min) Using the attached vulnerability diagrammes, brainstorm regarding framing vulnerability in the context of climate change and using vulnerability frameworks in AIACC projects List of definitions How might this approach and techniques be used in AIACC projects? (15 min) Practical applications List of potential constraints Requirements for further training Evaluation (5 min) Sheets with likes/dislikes comments Follow up session: Vulnerability mapping Livelihood approaches Socio-economic scenarios Indicators

Concepts of Vulnerability

AIACC Project

Definitions of hazard, vulnerability, risk and disasters

Hazard + vulnerability = risk disaster

: : : :

potential threat to humans and their welfare exposure and susceptibility to losses probability of hazard occurrence realization of a risk

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Techniques:

Concepts of Vulnerability

AIACC Project

Hum an N eed s: N u tr i ti o n

Hum an W a n ts : D i e ta r y p r e fe r e n c e

C h o ic e o f M eans: C r o p p in g s y s te m

I n i ti a ti n g E v e n ts : D ro u g h t

In t e r m e d i a t e E v e n ts : C r o p f a ilu r e

O u tc o m e : H o u s e h o ld fo o d s c a r c i ty

E x p o su re : Hunger of h o u s e h o ld m e m b e rs

C on se que nce: M o r b id ity , L o s s o f liv e li h o o d

C onseq uen ce : D e a th

M o d if y W a n ts : A lt e r c h o ic e o f fo o d s

M o d if y M eans: C hoose d ro u g h t cro p s

C o p e w ith E v e n t: I r r ig a t e

C o p e w it h E v e n t: R e p la n t

C o p e w it h O u tc o m e : S e ll a s s e t s , b u y fo o d

B lo c k E x p o su re : M ig r a te to fin d fo o d

M it ig a t e C onsequence: R e d u c e a c t iv i t y

M i t ig a t e C on seque nce: E m e r g e n c y r e lie f , re co ve ry, r e h a b ili t a t io n

Causal chain of hazard development

Source: after Downing (1991, see also Millman and Kates 1990).

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Weaknesses:

Techniques:

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Vulnerability and capability RESOURCES Physical/material VULNERABILITY CAPABILITY

Social/Organizational

Motivational/attitudinal

Source: Anderson and Woodrow (1989).

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Techniques:

Concepts of Vulnerability

AIACC Project

Three dimensions of vulnerability

Source: after Bohle et al. (1994).

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Techniques:

Concepts of Vulnerability

AIACC Project

PROGRESSION OF VULNERABILITY ROOT CAUSES Limited access to


DYNAMIC PRESSURES Lack of


UNSAFE CONDITIONS Fragile physical environment

DISASTERS

HAZARDS Earthquake

Resources Structures Power

Institutions Training Skills Investment Markets Press freedom Civil society

Dangerous locations Unprotected structures

RISK Wind storm = Flooding HAZARD Volcano + Landslide VULNERABILITY Drought Virus and pest

Fragile local economy


Ideologies Political systems Economic systems

Livelihoods at risk Low income

Vulnerable society Macro-forces


Groups at risk Little capacity to cope

Population Urbanisation

growth

Arms expenditure Debt repayment


Public actions

Lack of preparedness Endemic disease

Heat wave

Deforestation

Soil degradation

Structure of vulnerability and disasters. Source: Blaikie et al. (1994). Strengths: Weaknesses: Techniques:

Concepts of Vulnerability

Environmental vulnerability

Source: Kasperson, et al. Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Techniques:

Concepts of Vulnerability DEFINITIONS vulnerability: the degree to which a person, system or unit is likely to experience harm due to exposure to perturbations or stresses. exposure: the contact between a system and a perturbation or stress. sensitivity: the extent to which a system or its components is likely to experience harm, and the magnitude of that harm, due to exposure to perturbations or stresses. resilience: the ability of a system to absorb perturbations or stresses without changes in its fundamental structure or function that would drive the system into a different state (or extinction). stress: cumulating pressure on a system resulting from processes within the normal range of variability, but which over time may result in disturbances causing the system to adjust, adapt, or be harmed. perturbation: a disturbance to a system resulting from a sudden shock with a magnitude outside the normal vulnerability. adjustment: a system response to perturbations or stress that does not fundamentally alter the system itself. Adjustments are commonly (but not necessarily) short-term and involve relatively minor system modifications. adaptation: A system response to perturbations or stress that is sufficiently fundamental to alter the system itself, sometimes shifting the system to a new state. hazard: the threat of a stress or perturbation to a system and what it values. risk: the conditional probability and magnitude of harm attendant on exposure to a perturbation or stress. Source: Kasperson, et al. (2002)

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