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Vulnerability, Territory, Population
From Critique to Public Policy
Samuel Rufat (Edited by), Rufat (Author), Pascale Metzger (Edited by)
9781789451061, Wiley
Hardback, published 4 September 2024
304 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.536 kg
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 than a label for governing people and places, the notion of "vulnerability" was expected to become an instrument to tackle the root causes of disasters, poverty and maldevelopment, as well as the inequalities and injustices they bring, whether social, political, economic or environmental. Despite this radical dimension, vulnerability has gradually been incorporated into public policies and international recommendations for global risk and disaster management. This book is intended for researchers, students, managers and decision makers concerned with the management of not only risks and crises but also climate and environmental change. The first part examines the multiple theoretical and conceptual approaches; the second explores vulnerability assessments, using examples from the Global North and Global South; and the third discusses tools, public policies and actions taken to reduce vulnerability.
Introduction xiii Part 1 The Multiple Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Vulnerability 1 Chapter 1 Plural Vulnerabilities: Approaches in the Humanities 3 Chapter 2 Conceptual Models of Vulnerability or Vulnerabilities 25 Chapter 3 Risks, Crises and Ordinary Vulnerability 43 Chapter 4 Vulnerabilities, Risk Governance and the Interplay of Stakeholders 63 Part 2 Territorial Approaches and Vulnerability Assessments 85 Chapter 5 The Challenge of Measuring and Operationalizing Vulnerabilities 87 Chapter 6 Assessing Territorial Vulnerability: Concepts and Methods for an Integrated Approach to Vulnerability 113 Chapter 7 Analyzing the Vulnerability of Networks and Critical Infrastructures 135 Chapter 8 From the Health Vulnerability of Territories to the Reduction of Health Inequalities 153 Part 3 From Tools to Public Policies, Discourses and Actions 169 Chapter 9 What Are Vulnerability Maps For? 171 Chapter 10 Measuring Vulnerability: By Whom and for Whose Benefit? The Significance of Participation 195 Chapter 11 Vulnerability in a Time of Climate Change and Global Urbanization 213 Chapter 12 Actors and Discourses of Vulnerability Reduction: From International to Local 235 Conclusion 257 List of Authors 265 Index 267
Samuel RUFAT and Pascale METZGER
Sylvia BECERRA and Anne PELTIER
Samuel RUFAT
Pascale METZGER
Julien LANGUMIER
Samuel RUFAT
Elise BECK and Jérémy ROBERT
Serge LHOMME
Zoé VAILLANT and Stéphane RICAN
Samuel RUFAT and Patrick PIGEON
Loïc LE DÉ, JC GAILLARD, Louise BAUMANN and Jake Rom CADAG
Béatrice QUENAULT
Sandrine REVET and Pascale METZGER
Samuel RUFAT and Pascale METZGER
Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
