Author: Binita, K.C. et al.
Year of publication: 2015
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk 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: Others (please specify)
Details: Scientists/researchers
Output: Report
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: North America
Potential geographic coverage: Location specific data is needed as input, scalable in the USA
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Education sector
Details: No sectoral specification
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Additive modelling of climate change vulnerability (exposure and social vulnerability) and overall climate vulnerability (climate change vulnerability and geographic vulnerability)
Risk framework used: AR4
Details: In combination with another vulnerability framework
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Flood, Extreme temperatures, Drought, Extreme rainfall
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Historical data on hazards, census data
Temporal scale: Backward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Non-Economic
Details: Death toll through "forces of nature" (heat, cold, earthquake, storm, etc.)
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Details: Temperature rise, changes in precipitation
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: Binita, KC. et al.
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