Assessing Socio‐Economic Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and Environmental Hazards in <scp>N</scp>ew <scp>S</scp>outh <scp>W</scp>ales and <scp>Q</scp>ueensland, <scp>A</scp>ustralia

Smith, Erin F.; Keys, Noni; Lieske, Scott N.; Smith, Timothy F.

doi:10.1111/1745-5871.12137

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“…This study did not seek to understand individuals', landowners' or communities' wildfire risk perceptions, an approach used in previous studies (Fischer et al, 2014;Nielsen-Pincus et al, 2015;Olsen et al, 2017;Paveglio et al, 2017). It rather implemented a broader spatial scale approach using the SOVI index, comprised of ACS block group attributes that are generally acknowledged to reflect social vulnerability to wildfires (Cutter et al, 2003;Smith, Keys, Lieske, & Smith, 2015;Wigtil et al, 2016). Using a single or just a few social vulnerability metrics can create discrepancies and can be misleading, e.g.…”

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Social vulnerability to large wildfires in the western USA

Palaiologou

Ager

Nielsen-Pincus

et al. 2019

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Federal land managers in the US can be informed with quantitative assessments of the social conditions of the populations affected by wildfires originating on their administered lands in order to incorporate and adapt their management strategy to achieve a more targeted prioritization of community wildfire protection investments. In addition, these assessments are valuable to socially vulnerable communities for quantifying their exposure to wildfires originating on adjacent land tenures. We assessed fire transmission patterns using fire behavior simulations to understand spatial variations across three diverse study areas (North-central Washington; Central California; and Northern New Mexico) to understand how different land tenures affect highly socially vulnerable populated places. Transboundary wildfire structure exposure was related to populations with limited adaptive capacity to absorb, recover and modify exposure to wildfires, estimated with the Social Vulnerability Index using US Census unit data (block groups). We found geographic heterogeneity in terms of land tenure composition and estimated fire exposure. Although high social vulnerability block groups covered small areas, they had high population and structure density and were disproportionately exposed per area burned by fire. Structure exposure originated primarily from three key land tenures (wildland-urban interface, private lands and national forests). Federal lands proportionately exposed, on an area basis, populated places with high social vulnerability, with fires ignited on Forest Service administered lands mostly affecting north-central Washington and northern New Mexico communities.

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Social vulnerability to large wildfires in the western USA

Palaiologou

Ager

Nielsen-Pincus

et al. 2019

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Shifting the policy perspective to this holistic focus on cross-sectoral outcomes would facilitate more efficient and effective delivery of resources; however, the impetus for this approach is currently lacking. For example, events arising from an increasingly dynamic climate, such as drought, impact the individuals and businesses across the economy, not only agriculture (Hanigan, Schirmer, & Niyonsenga, 2018;Kiem & Austin, 2013;Smith, Keys, Lieske, & Smith, 2015), yet these events continue to be considered in the limited policy context of agriculture (Australian Government, 2018b;Stone, 2014). This may reflect the absence of appropriate strategic policy making structures within government or fundamental political considerations related to the cultural importance of agriculture in the Australian context (Samnakay, 2017).…”

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Conceptualising policy for sustainable agriculture development

Clune

2020

Aust J Public Adm

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Policy frameworks supporting sustainable agriculture development are critical in the delivery of the food and fibre needs of a burgeoning global population. A sustainable and resilient Australian agriculture sector is considered essential if it is to capitalise on the world's growing food and fibre needs. However, an increasingly dynamic climate, changing demographics of regional Australia, and economic factors in a global market constrain sustainable development of the agriculture sector. Although current policy supports investment in research and development and infrastructure, action to increase market access and competitiveness, as well as a suite of agricultural welfare options, it is flawed in its failure to contemplate the relative readiness of individuals and businesses to act on the interventions of government. This paper proposes the adoption of the capability approach to refocus the policy framework to prioritise delivery of outcomes that are valued by individuals and businesses. It proposes a conceptual model that provides a scalable, continuous improvement structure against which policy action can be implemented, monitored, evaluated, and adapted enabling design of more holistic agriculture policy settings that support the sustainable development of the sector and ensure that it can capture the opportunities of future global food and fibre demand.

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“…Whilst the review does not represent the overall body of evidence on vulnerability factors, it is worth noting that its findings are in line with the literature on the distributional effects of extreme events, heat-stress in particular [12,48]. …”

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Economic Evaluations of the Health Impacts of Weather-Related Extreme Events: A Scoping Review

Schmitt

Graham

White

2016

IJERPH

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The frequency and severity of extreme events is expected to increase under climate change. There is a need to understand the economic consequences of human exposure to these extreme events, to underpin decisions on risk reduction. We undertook a scoping review of economic evaluations of the adverse health effects from exposure to weather-related extreme events. We searched PubMed, Embase and Web of Science databases with no restrictions to the type of evaluations. Twenty studies were included, most of which were recently published. Most studies have been undertaken in the U.S. (nine studies) or Asia (seven studies), whereas we found no studies in Africa, Central and Latin America nor the Middle East. Extreme temperatures accounted for more than a third of the pool of studies (seven studies), closely followed by flooding (six studies). No economic study was found on drought. Whilst studies were heterogeneous in terms of objectives and methodology, they clearly indicate that extreme events will become a pressing public health issue with strong welfare and distributional implications. The current body of evidence, however, provides little information to support decisions on the allocation of scarce resources between risk reduction options. In particular, the review highlights a significant lack of research attention to the potential cost-effectiveness of interventions that exploit the capacity of natural ecosystems to reduce our exposure to, or ameliorate the consequences of, extreme events.

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Assessing Socio‐Economic Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and Environmental Hazards in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia

Cited by 14 publications

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Social vulnerability to large wildfires in the western USA

Social vulnerability to large wildfires in the western USA

Conceptualising policy for sustainable agriculture development

Economic Evaluations of the Health Impacts of Weather-Related Extreme Events: A Scoping Review

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