Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity

Eriksen, Christine; Simon, Gregory L.; Roth, Florian; Lakhina, Shefali Juneja; Wisner, Ben; Adler, Carolina; Thomalla, Frank; Scolobig, Anna; Brady, Kate; Bründl, Michael; Neisser, Florian; Grenfell, Maree; Maduz, Linda; Prior, Timothy (2020). Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity. Climatic change, 162(1), pp. 25-39. Springer 10.1007/s10584-020-02819-x

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Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin—with affluence generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and adaptive capacity. However, in the context of climate change and an increase in associated hazards and disasters, we suggest the need to re-examine this dynamic relationship—a complex association we define here as the Affluence–Vulnerability Interface (AVI). We review research in different national contexts to show how a more nuanced understanding of the AVI can (a) problematize the notion that increasing material affluence necessarily has a mitigating influence on social vulnerability, (b) extend our analysis of social vulnerability beyond low-income regions to include affluent contexts and (c) improve our understanding of how psychosocial characteristics influence people’s vulnerability. Finally, we briefly outline three methodological approaches that we believe will assist future engagement with the AVI.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Human Geography > Geographies of Disasters
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Human Geography
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography

UniBE Contributor:

Eriksen, Christine, Adler, Carolina

Subjects:

900 History > 910 Geography & travel
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

ISSN:

0165-0009

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christine Eriksen

Date Deposited:

01 Sep 2023 14:45

Last Modified:

30 Apr 2024 17:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s10584-020-02819-x

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/185826

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/185826

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