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Vulnerability, territory, population : from critique to public policy

Rufat, Samuel, editor.

Vulnerability, territory, population : from critique to public policy

Rufat, Samuel, editor.

9781394299249

9781394299225

1 online resource.

Sciences. Geography and demography. Geography of risk

Plural vulnerabilities: Approaches in the humanities / Sylvia BECERRA, Anne PELTIER -- Conceptual models of vulnerability or vulnerabilities / Samuel RUFAT -- Risks, crises and ordinary vulnerability / Pascale METZGER -- Vulnerabilities, risk governance and the interplay of stakeholders / Julien LANGUMIER -- The challenge of measuring and operationalizing vulnerabilities / Samuel RUFAT -- Assessing territorial vulnerability: Concepts and methods for an integrated approach to vulnerability / Elise BECK, Jérémy ROBERT -- Analyzing the vulnerability of networks and critical infrastructures / Serge LHOMME -- From the health vulnerability of territories to the reduction of health inequalities / Zoé VAILLANT, Stéphane RICAN -- What are vulnerability maps for? / Samuel RUFAT, Patrick PIGEON -- Measuring vulnerability: By whom and for whose benefit? The significance of participation / Loïc LE DÉ, JC GAILLARD, Louise BAUMANN, Jake Rom CADAG -- Vulnerability in a time of climate change and global urbanization / Béatrice QUENAULT -- Actors and discourses of vulnerability reduction: From international to local / Sandrine REVET, Pascale METZGER -- Conclusion / Samuel RUFAT, Pascale METZGER.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the term "vulnerable" was applied to "individuals" and to "populations", "groups" and "countries" in discussions, laws and regulations; now it applies to all objects in relation to all kinds of threats. However, rather than a label for governing people and places, the notion of "vulnerability" was expected to become an instrument to tackle the root causes of disasters, poverty and maldevelopment, as well as the inequalities and injustices they bring, whether social, political, economic or environmental. Despite this radical dimension, vulnerability has gradually been incorporated into public policies and international recommendations for global risk and disaster management. This book is intended for researchers, students, managers and decision makers concerned with the management of not only risks and crises but also climate and environmental change. The first part examines the multiple theoretical and conceptual approaches; the second explores vulnerability assessments, using examples from the Global North and Global South; and the third discusses tools, public policies and actions taken to reduce vulnerability.

John Wiley and Sons

Risk management -- Social aspects.

Emergency management -- Social aspects.

Gestion du risque -- Aspect social.

Rufat, Samuel,

Metzger, Pascale,

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781394299249