Author: Tapia, C. et al.
Year of publication: 2017
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: Continental
Details: Analyzes cities within a continent
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Others (please specify)
Details: EU decision makers
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Vulnerability scores
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: Europe
Sectors covered: Health sector, Water sector
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Index development for three impact chains (heatwaves on human health, droughts on water planning, floods on socio-economic issue); indicators under each chain cover biophysical and socio-economic factors and were divided to represent sensitivity and adaptive capacity; indicators were weighted; then vulnerability scores for the studies' cities are produced
Risk framework used: AR5
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability
Details: According to AR5
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Drought, Flood, Extreme temperatures
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Data from urban audits or other data related to the indicators (retrived though big data and online research)
Temporal scale: Backward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: Tapia, C. et al.
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