Planning Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Identifying and Targeting Social Vulnerability to Climate Change

This research offers a new framework for assessing social vulnerability to climate change. A social vulnerability assessment trial was carried out for Chinese coastal cities at the county level. First, the 10 factors having the most influence on social vulnerability were identified. They are “House...

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Main Authors: Yi Ge, Wen Dou, Ning Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/8/1394