TY - JOUR
T1 - Illustrating the coupled human-environment system for vulnerability analysis
T2 - Three case studies
AU - Turner, B. L.
AU - Matson, Pamela A.
AU - McCarthy, James J.
AU - Corell, Robert W.
AU - Christensen, Lindsey
AU - Eckley, Noelle
AU - Hovelsrud-Broda, Grete K.
AU - Kasperson, Jeanne X.
AU - Kasperson, Roger E.
AU - Luers, Amy
AU - Martello, Marybeth L.
AU - Mathiesen, Svein
AU - Naylor, Rosamond
AU - Polsky, Colin
AU - Pulsipher, Alexander
AU - Schiller, Andrew
AU - Selin, Henrik
AU - Tyler, Nicholas
PY - 2003/7/8
Y1 - 2003/7/8
N2 - The vulnerability framework of the Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability Program explicitly recognizes the coupled human-environment system and accounts for interactions in the coupling affecting the system's responses to hazards and its vulnerability. This paper illustrates the usefulness of the vulnerability framework through three case studies: the tropical southern Yucatán, the arid Yaqui Valley of northwest Mexico, and the pan-Arctic. Together, these examples illustrate the role of external forces in reshaping the systems in question and their vulnerability to environmental hazards, as well as the different capacities of stakeholders, based on their access to social and biophysical capital, to respond to the changes and hazards. The framework proves useful in directing attention to the interacting parts of the coupled system and helps identify gaps in information and understanding relevant to reducing vulnerability in the systems as a whole.
AB - The vulnerability framework of the Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability Program explicitly recognizes the coupled human-environment system and accounts for interactions in the coupling affecting the system's responses to hazards and its vulnerability. This paper illustrates the usefulness of the vulnerability framework through three case studies: the tropical southern Yucatán, the arid Yaqui Valley of northwest Mexico, and the pan-Arctic. Together, these examples illustrate the role of external forces in reshaping the systems in question and their vulnerability to environmental hazards, as well as the different capacities of stakeholders, based on their access to social and biophysical capital, to respond to the changes and hazards. The framework proves useful in directing attention to the interacting parts of the coupled system and helps identify gaps in information and understanding relevant to reducing vulnerability in the systems as a whole.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1231334100
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1231334100
M3 - Article
C2 - 12815106
AN - SCOPUS:0037924466
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 100
SP - 8080
EP - 8085
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 14
ER -