Spatial assessment of climate change vulnerability at city scale: A study in Bangalore, India
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- 作者：Parveen Kumara ; kumar23784@itc.nl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Davide Genelettia ; davide.geneletti@unitn.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Harini Nagendrab ; harini.nagendra@apu.edu.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Climate change ; Developing nations ; Local scale ; Vulnerability assessment ; Vulnerability profiling ; Urban planning ; India
- 刊名：Land Use Policy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：58
- 期：Complete
- 页码：514-532
- 全文大小：2397 K
文摘
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Presents a methodological approach to assess vulnerability patterns to climate change at the local level based on three key components: exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity.
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Assesses the spatial pattern of the vulnerability of an urban system in a semi-arid inland city in India.
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Presents an approach to prioritise adaptation and mitigation response action within the spatial planning process.
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91% of the total area of Bangalore metropolitan area is subject to a high degree of climate change vulnerability.