Maps synthesizing climate, biophysical and socioeconomic data have become part of the
standard tool‐kit for communicating the risks of climate change to society. Vulnerability maps …

There is growing demand among stakeholders across public and private institutions for
spatially-explicit information regarding vulnerability to climate change at the local scale …

As the emphasis in climate change research, international negotiations, and developing‐
country activities has shifted from mitigation to adaptation, vulnerability has emerged as a …

Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) can inform adaptation policy and help in
incorporating climate futures in planning. The literature on CCVA stems from a number of …

Purpose–The concept of vulnerability in climate change literature is underpinned by
numerous theoretical contributions across different disciplines leading to disparate …

In the past 5 years there has been a proliferation of efforts to map climate change “hotspots”—
regions that are particularly vulnerable to current or future climate impacts, and where …

We address the issue of how to develop credible indicators of vulnerability to climate change
that can be used to guide the development of adaptation policies. We compare the …

Vulnerability is an emerging concept for climate science and policy. Over the past decade,
efforts to assess vulnerability to climate change triggered a process of theory development …

The term 'vulnerability'is used in many different ways by various scholarly communities. The
resulting disagreement about the appropriate definition of vulnerability is a frequent cause …

In countries like India where multiple risks interact with socio-economic differences to create
and sustain vulnerability, assessing the vulnerability of people, places, and systems to …