naa a22 4500 510806104 CHVBK 20180411083419.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11625-012-0158-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11625-012-0158-4 Linking components of vulnerability in theoretic frameworks and case studies [Elektronische Daten] [Luís Costa, Jürgen Kropp] Clarification on what is meant by ‘vulnerability' continues as an unresolved problem in a world of inter-connected research fields dealing with natural hazards and of policy-makers eager for vulnerability assessments that will help in steering their decisions. This paper investigates the theoretical definitions of vulnerability components in risk-hazard and climate-change frameworks and the description of these components as operated in vulnerability assessments at the case-study level. The results point to a lower level of heterogeneity in vulnerability interpretations at the case-study level when compared to the semantically rich descriptions of vulnerability components in conceptual frameworks. Despite differences in definitions, vulnerability components such as hazard and exposure, capacities and adaptation, susceptibility and sensitivity, or susceptibility and vulnerability were made operational by the use of similar indicators and methodologies between and within the communities investigated. In order to attain a better understanding of the interdisciplinary use of the term ‘vulnerability', the comparison of methodologies to assess vulnerability components at the case-study level seems essential. Springer, 2012 Vulnerability assessment nationallicence Climate change nationallicence Risk hazard nationallicence Costa Luís Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412, Potsdam, Germany aut Kropp Jürgen Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412, Potsdam, Germany aut Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/1(2013-01-01), 1-9 1862-4065 8:1<1 2013 8 11625 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-012-0158-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-012-0158-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Costa Luís Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412, Potsdam, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kropp Jürgen Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412, Potsdam, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/1(2013-01-01), 1-9 1862-4065 8:1<1 2013 8 11625 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer