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A Vulnerability Research Framework for the Development of Early Warning Systems for Floods

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  • Erica Tauzer

    (Center for Global Health and Translational Science, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA)

  • Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova

    (Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima, Ciencias Oceánicas y Recursos Naturales, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador)

  • Telmo de la Cuadra

    (Secretary of Risk Management (SGR), Samborondón, Ecuador)

  • Susana del Granado

    (Institute for Advanced Development Studies, La Paz, Bolivia)

  • Carol Franco-Bellini

    (The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, VA, USA)

  • Carlos Medina

    (Ministry of Environment, Quito, Ecuador)

  • Jhoyzette Mendoza

    (Ministry of Environment, Quito, Ecuador)

  • Moory M. Romero-Fernandez

    (Center for Global Health and Translational Science, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA)

  • Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra

    (Center for Global Health and Translational Science, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA)

Abstract

Flood risk is increasing in urban areas due to increased population and urban development, a changing climate, coastal subsidence, and deforestation. To reduce people’s exposure to floods, many countries have identified the need for Early Warning Systems for Floods (EWSFs). In the United Nations Climate Change COP15, sixteen of the 21 Latin American countries listed the improvement and establishment of early warning systems as a priority need. In this paper, we present a multi-scalar operational research framework that is being used to investigate EWSFs across three countries in Latin America. This novel framework can be applied to institutions or flood-prone communities, providing a standardized and integrative analysis at local and national levels. By analyzing interventions before, during and after flooding events, this generalizable assessment tool provides decision makers with information to evaluate the resource requirements for improving EWSFs.

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  • Erica Tauzer & Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova & Telmo de la Cuadra & Susana del Granado & Carol Franco-Bellini & Carlos Medina & Jhoyzette Mendoza & Moory M. Romero-Fernandez & Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, 2017. "A Vulnerability Research Framework for the Development of Early Warning Systems for Floods," Development Research Working Paper Series 02/2017, Institute for Advanced Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:adv:wpaper:201702
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    Keywords

    Early warning systems; flooding; vulnerability; risk management; Latin America.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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