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Trends in social vulnerability to storm surges in Shenzhen, China
Huaming Yu
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China, Sanya, 572024, China
Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
Yuhang Shen
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
Ryan M. Kelly
Rykell Scientific Editorial, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstrasse 1A, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany
Kejian Wu
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
Songlin Li
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
Xianwen Bao
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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This study establishes an indicator system for social vulnerability evaluation of storm surges for coastal cities. The indicator system is applied to Shenzhen, China, and socioeconomic impacts are discovered in the results. Exposure, sensitivity, and resilience all show an increasing trend from 1986 to 2016, as resilience accounts for the largest increase and is connected to a decreasing social vulnerability trend.
This study establishes an indicator system for social vulnerability evaluation of storm surges...
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