Author: Lindley, S. et al. (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Year of publication: 2011
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Report
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
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Regional decision makers
Output: Report
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: Location specific data is needed as input; census data and statistical or environmental service data is needed
Sectors covered: Not sector specific
Details: Climate change impacts on human well-being
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Development of indicators with corresponding data, conversion and standardization of indicators, scoring and weighting of indicators, verification of the results through interviews with local stakeholders, data reduction in order to identify dominant indicators, contextualization with climate hazards in the future
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Flood, Extreme temperatures
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Data relating to all indicators (census data, statistical and evironmental service data)
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: Partly
Details: Interviews for verification of results
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Details: Two hazards are included in the index
Adressing uncertainty: Yes
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options, priorization of adaptation options, identification of limits to adaptation
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Non-Economic
Details: Losses affecting human well-being
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Could be adapted for the hazards if data is available
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Applied by whom: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Open access: Yes