Author: Szlafsztein, C. and Sterr, H.
Year of publication: 2007
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Regional
Details: State level
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Regional decision makers
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: Latin America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Latin America
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide (coastal environments)
Sectors covered: Humanitarian sector
Details: Not sector specific
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: The methodology includes: Data gathering including statistical data and satellite data; Data input and pre-processing; Storage and processing data including classification and weighting; Data output of the total vulnerability index
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Sea level rise, Flood, Coastal erosion
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: Natural parameters (coastline length, continentality, coastline complexity, coastal features, coastal protection measures, emergency relief - historical cases, fluvial drainage, flooding areas and socioeconomic parameters (demographic, population density, children population, elderly population, non-local population, poverty, municipal wealth
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: No information
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Adressing uncertainty: No information
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: No information
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: The results obtained in this study place high confidence in the observations and descriptions made in many localities of the NE Pará region and should therefore be a solid base to launch and support the ICZM program of the State of Pará
Applied by whom: Szlafsztein, C. and Sterr, H.
Open access: Yes