Assessing climate change in the trinational Upper Rhine Region : : how can we operationalize vulnerability using an indicator-based, meso-scale approach?

Abstract: Climate vulnerability assessments are an important prerequisite for establishing successful climate adaptation strategies. Despite a growing number of assessments on the national or global scale, there is still a need for regionalized studies with a high resolution to identify meso-scale vulnerability patterns. In this paper, we present an indicator-based assessment that was carried out in the Trinational Metropolitan Region Upper Rhine within the Interreg-V project Clim’Ability. The analyzed region is characterized by strong cross-border and transnational linkages, similar ecological features and climatic stressors but differing political, administrative, cultural and legal conditions. In this rather complex setting, we operationalized a state-of-the art vulnerability framework using 18 quantified indicators and aggregating them into a vulnerability index. We show that it is possible to downscale the methods used in recent assessments to a regional context with a challenging data situation and discuss strengths and uncertainties. The results are mapped for stakeholder communication purposes. They provide an evidence-base to the identification of the trinational vulnerability pattern and may enable stakeholders and decision-makers to enhance their own climate adaptation planning

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Sustainability. - 12, 16 (2020) , 6323, ISSN: 2071-1050

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt
• Keyword: Bewertung ; Operationalisierung ; Indikator ; Kartierung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Scholze, Nicolas ; Riach, Nils ; Glaser, Rüdiger

Further information

• DOI: 10.3390/su12166323
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1668652
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.