Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2447-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2447-2020
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16 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2020

Trends in social vulnerability to storm surges in Shenzhen, China

Huaming Yu, Yuhang Shen, Ryan M. Kelly, Xin Qi, Kejian Wu, Songlin Li, Haiqing Yu, and Xianwen Bao

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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.
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