Author: Westerhoff, L. & Smit, B.
Year of publication: 2008
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: Local/community
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Local decision makers and other decision makers in adaptation planning
Output: Report
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: Ghana, could be adapted to other contexts
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Livelihood sector, Water sector, Financial sector, Biodiversity, Forestry, Fishery
Method used: Other (see details)
Description of methodology: Mapping of exposure sensitivity based on interviews (similar to impact chains)
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: All hazards
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: Interviews with community members, focus group discussions, documents on past studies, government reports, climate data
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Interviews, focus group
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Details: Vulnerability is synthesized through mapping
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Details: Based on vulnerability assessments
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Depending on community perception of hazards
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Applied by whom: Westerhoff, L. & Smit, B.
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