1. Assessing Vulnerabilities: A Panel Discussion

2. Panelists Burrell Montz, East Carolina University Allison Yeh, Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization/Planning Commission Lindsay Cross, Tampa Bay Estuary Program

3. Defining Vulnerability 25+ definitions/concepts in the literature UN/ISDR Definition: “The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors and processes which increase the susceptibility of a community…” Definition of community?

4. Characteristics of Vulnerability Multi-dimensional and differential Scale dependent Dynamic Flood Inundation Vulnerability (Vogel and O’Brien, 2004)

5. Key Spheres of Vulnerability Birkmann, 2006

6. Key Considerations Susceptibility Exposure Coping Capacity Adaptive Capacity

7. Assessing Vulnerability: A Geographer’s Perspective Institutional Socio-Economic Perceptual

8. Institutional: Coastal Planning Monitz, 2011

11. Physical Vulnerability Scores 1.0-1.49 = extremely low vulnerability 2.5-3.29 = moderate vulnerability 4.4-5.0 = extremely high vulnerability

12. Total Planning Scores

13. Socio-Economic: Differential Loss Patterns

14. Hardest Hit in Hurricane Charley Senior Living Developments Manufactured homes Snowbirds (Montz and Tobin, 2005)

15. Structure Type & Age Matter Lakewood Village Pine Acres

16. Block Group % below poverty % over 65 & below poverty Median yr home built Med. Value mobile homes % built 1970-1990 Pine Acres1512197639,00062 Lakewood Village 414198153,30046 Port Charlotte 560198839,30065 Harborview860198747,00053 Hardest Hit

18. Perceptual: Understanding Vulnerability Landfall on August 27, 2011 near the Beaufort, North Carolina Weakened from a category 3 to 1 Track shifted to the west

22. Final Comments Who is vulnerable Why o Institutional o Socio-Economic o Perceptual How vulnerable To what When Critical Facilities and Hazard Zones

23. Rhoda and Burton, 2010

24. References Birkmann, J. 2006. Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster-resilient societies: conceptual frameworks and definitions. In Birkmann, J (ed) Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. Monitz, G.I. 2011. Using Vulnerability and Planning Data to Measure Resilience in Coastal North Carolina. Unpublished MA thesis, Department of Geography, East Carolina University Montz, B.E. and G.A. Tobin. 2005. Snowbirds and Senior Living Developments: An Analysis of Vulnerability Associated with Hurricane Charley. Quick Response Research Report 177. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center Pace, W. 2013. Perceptions of Hurricane Risk Among North Carolina’s Coastal Residents: A Case Study of Hurricane Irene. Unpublished MA thesis, Department of Geography, East Carolina University Pace, W. and B.E. Montz. 2014. Category change and risk perception: Hurricane Irene and coastal North Carolina. Journal of Emergency Management 12(6): 467- 477 Rhoda, R. and T. Burton. 2010. Geo-Mexico: The Geography and Dynamics of Modern Mexico. Vancouver Island, Canada: Sombrero Books. Vogel, C. and K. O’Brien. 2004. Vulnerability and global environmental change: rhetoric and reality. Aviso 13: 1-8.

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