Social Indicator Set

Social Indicator Set

Tapsell, S.

Floodsite

2007-01-26

The report begins by reviewing literature on vulnerability and resilience to disasters. ‘Vulnerability’ has emerged as a central concept for understanding what it is about the condition of people that enables a hazard to become a disaster. True flood prevention and mitigation need to address not only hydrological factors, but also the economic, social and political factors influencing wider society and underpinning the impact of damaging floods. Therefore reliable indicators are needed. In the report, selection criteria for social indicators are discussed and a number of key indicators are given.

Flood risk
Flood risk management
Social vulnerability

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Middlesex University

T11-07-01

Hydraulic Engineering Reports

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