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  • Jul 2024

Understanding the Regional Dynamics of Vulnerability

A Historical Approach to the Flood Problem in China

Authors:

  1. Guoyi Han

    1. Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Ying Li

    1. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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  3. Peijun Shi

    1. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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  • Outlines an historical approach for analyzing the regional dynamics of vulnerability, making insights from vulnerability analysis more relevant for policy making
  • Offers a critical examination of the fundamental dilemmas and plausible future pathways for future flood risk management in China in the context of rapid social economic transition and climate change
  • Presents a regional study of the Dongting Lake area

Part of the book series: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series (IHDP-FEIRG)

About this book

This book presents a detailed regional study of the Dongting Lake Area and explores potential avenues and challenges for future flood risk management in China.
Focusing on dynamic changes in regional vulnerability to flooding and its relevance for flood risk management, it proposes a new construct of vulnerability based on the co-variance between the negative (exposure) and positive (response capacity) components. Further, it develops an historical approach, including trajectory analysis and a typology of vulnerability, offering insights into the regional dynamics of change. It is a valuable resource for disaster risk researchers and graduate students as well as flood management practitioners and policy-makers.


Guoyi Han is a senior research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden; both Associate Professor Ying Li and Professor Peijun Shi work at the Beijing Normal University in China.


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Keywords

  • Disaster Resilience
  • Dongting Lake Area
  • Flood Risk Analysis
  • Floods Natural Disasters
  • Food Risk
  • Historical Approach
  • Vulnerability
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Guoyi Han

  • Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Ying Li, Peijun Shi

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding the Regional Dynamics of Vulnerability

  • Book Subtitle: A Historical Approach to the Flood Problem in China

  • Authors: Guoyi Han, Ying Li, Peijun Shi

  • Series Title: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Beijing Normal University Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-53764-0Due: 11 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-53766-4Due: 11 August 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2363-4979

  • Series E-ISSN: 2363-4987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 150

  • Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

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