Assessing the vulnerability of infrastructure to climate change on the Islands of Samoa

Fakhruddin, S. H. M.; Babel, M. S.; Kawasaki, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1343-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1343-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1343-2015

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Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

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24 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 24 Jun 2015

Assessing the vulnerability of infrastructure to climate change on the Islands of Samoa

S. H. M. Fakhruddin, M. S. Babel, and A. Kawasaki

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Final revised paper (published on 24 Jun 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 12 Mar 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC C391: 'General Comments', Ben Carroll, 07 Apr 2015
- AC C462: 'Response to comments by Prof Ben Carroll, 07 Apr 2015', S.H.M Fakhruddin, 21 Apr 2015
RC C658: 'Final referee coment', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 May 2015
- AC C742: 'Response to Referee #2', S.H.M Fakhruddin, 22 May 2015
RC C739: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2015
- AC C743: 'Response to Referee #1', S.H.M Fakhruddin, 22 May 2015

Short summary

This paper identifies key infrastructure and their functions and status to provide an overall picture of relative vulnerability to climate-related stresses on infrastructures in Samoa. An indicator-based vulnerability model (SIVM) was developed to assess two major issues a) criticality of a given infrastructure, viewed differently among different stakeholders, and b) stakeholders, the best available source, could estimate the capacity to repair non-physical damage to such infrastructure.