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- Title
Soziale Verwundbarkeit gegenüber Hochwasser: Lehren aus der Elbeflut 2002.
- Authors
Steinführer, Annett; Kuhlicke, Christian
- Abstract
Compared to the well-established concept "vulnerability", there has been less research on "social vulnerability", particularly with respect to highly developed welfare states. Conducting an in-depth study on the consequences of the 2002 Elbe flood in three German communities, the paper tests the applicability of the concept of social vulnerability in a European context. The research was based on the assumption that it is an expression of social inequality. Yet, socially vulnerable groups were not clearly distinguishable. This does not suggest, however, that social vulnerability is not relevant in the European context. Rather, it is the outcome of a complex web of drivers that are of both social and contextual origin. Three implications are outlined for future studies: the need to integrate top-down and bottom-up oriented approaches to assess social vulnerability, to embed our understanding of social vulnerability better in overall societal transformation processes, and to consider existing governance and management systems and their inter-relations as well as their consequences for social vulnerability.
- Subjects
GERMANY; FLOODS; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; EQUALITY; SOCIAL change; PUBLIC administration
- Publication
GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science & Society, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 3, p202
- ISSN
0940-5550
- Publication type
Article