Elizabeth L. Malone|Nathan L. Engle
Evaluating regional vulnerability to climate change: purposes and methods
Joint Global Change Research Institute|Pacific Northwest National Laboratory|Joint Global Change Research Institute|Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
abstract emphasis climate change research international negotiations developingcountry activities shifted mitigation adaptation vulnerability emerged bridge impacts one side need adaptive changes still term vulnerability remains meaning changing scale focus purpose assessment understanding regional vulnerability advanced past several decades studies using combination indicators case studies analogs stakeholderdriven processes scenariobuilding methodologies regions become increasingly relevant scales inquiry bridging aggregate local every analysis perhaps appropriate ask three questions whatwho vulnerable vulnerability vulnerable answers questions yield different definitions vulnerability well different methods assessing vulnerability research primarily quantitative dominated use indicators regional vulnerability research also focus include stakeholder involvement processes especially helpful generating agreement issues understanding contextspecific aspects vulnerability prospective adaptations creating scenarios another increasingly useful method helps researchers policymakers stakeholders think future plan options alternative futures current research efforts emphasizing stakeholder involvement dual focus vulnerability assessment social learning process scenario analyses may expertdefined stakeholderdriven tend span impacts vulnerability adaptation decision making particular place conditions wires clim change 2011 2 462474 doi 101002wcc116 article categorized assessing impacts climate change gt evaluating future impacts climate change