Vulnerability, territory, population : from critique to public policy

• Other Authors: Rufat, Samuel (Editor), Metzger, Pascale (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London, UK : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE Ltd ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023.
• Series: Sciences. Geography and demography. Geography of risk
• Subjects: Risk management > Social aspects.; Emergency management > Social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781394299249; 9781394299225; 9781789451061
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the term "vulnerable" was applied to "individuals" and to "populations", "groups" and "countries" in discussions, laws and regulations; now it applies to all objects in relation to all kinds of threats. However, rather t...

Table of Contents:

• Plural vulnerabilities: Approaches in the humanities / Sylvia BECERRA, Anne PELTIER
• Conceptual models of vulnerability or vulnerabilities / Samuel RUFAT
• Risks, crises and ordinary vulnerability / Pascale METZGER
• Vulnerabilities, risk governance and the interplay of stakeholders / Julien LANGUMIER
• The challenge of measuring and operationalizing vulnerabilities / Samuel RUFAT
• Assessing territorial vulnerability: Concepts and methods for an integrated approach to vulnerability / Elise BECK, Jérémy ROBERT
• Analyzing the vulnerability of networks and critical infrastructures / Serge LHOMME
• From the health vulnerability of territories to the reduction of health inequalities / Zoé VAILLANT, Stéphane RICAN
• What are vulnerability maps for? / Samuel RUFAT, Patrick PIGEON
• Measuring vulnerability: By whom and for whose benefit? The significance of participation / Loïc LE DÉ, JC GAILLARD, Louise BAUMANN, Jake Rom CADAG
• Vulnerability in a time of climate change and global urbanization / Béatrice QUENAULT
• Actors and discourses of vulnerability reduction: From international to local / Sandrine REVET, Pascale METZGER
• Conclusion / Samuel RUFAT, Pascale METZGER.