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doi: 10.7930/J0F769GR
identifier: urban-systems-infrastructure-vulnerability
number: 11
report_identifier: nca3
sort_key: 110
title: 'Urban Systems, Infrastructure, and Vulnerability'
url: http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/urban
chapter_identifier: urban-systems-infrastructure-vulnerability
cited_by: []
confidence: 'Given the evidence base and remaining uncertainties, confidence is very high that the climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity of urban residents and communities are influenced by pronounced social inequalities that reflect age, ethnicity, gender, income, health, and (dis)ability differences'
contributors: []
description: 'Climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity of urban residents and communities are influenced by pronounced social inequalities that reflect age, ethnicity, gender, income, health, and (dis)ability differences.'
display_name: NCA3 Finding 11.3
evidence: 'The topic of social vulnerability has been extensively studied,b861c498-f85c-49af-8cdc-4dc4aea127f5,796c4617-7dcd-433e-bb0e-805cdab4c136,d1f166f4-f6a2-4c5a-a884-e01c2f847715,eb5203ca-5d71-48af-8952-09b461caa155 with some work detailing the social characteristics that are the most influential.827dcea9-fecc-466b-9a35-15862fe496a7,4911d097-60c1-4af8-b0ba-aeb1879f05b4,8f130c5e-1565-41f1-bd2e-47ba49c43d2a More recent work has addressed the vulnerability of populations to climate change6d7209f8-ba52-4dc1-a779-aae07faafe12 and how social inequalities influence capacity to adapt to climate change.7de045e2-16db-4f08-884f-58acf3c1f782 Some empirical studies of U.S. urban areas were explored concerning these issues.a7e5b6c2-f086-46b7-86a3-931c740ea774'
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identifier: urban-vulnerability-adaptive-capacity
ordinal: 3
parents: []
process: 'In developing key messages, the report author team engaged in multiple technical discussions via teleconference. A consensus process was used to determine the final set of key messages, which are supported by extensive evidence documented in two Technical Report Inputs to the National Climate Assessment on urban systems, infrastructure, and vulnerability: 1) Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities: Technical Report for the U.S. Department of Energy in Support of the National Climate Assessment f0803451-5a89-474a-974f-99c13fdc725d, and 2) U.S. Cities and Climate Change: Urban, Infrastructure, and Vulnerability Issues .01b45a4a-2021-405d-a65b-2340e9ca9677 Other Technical Input reports (56) on a wide range of topics were also received and reviewed as part of the Federal Register Notice solicitation for public input.'
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report_identifier: nca3
statement: 'Climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity of urban residents and communities are influenced by pronounced social inequalities that reflect age, ethnicity, gender, income, health, and (dis)ability differences.'
type: finding
uncertainties: 'Given that population trends and socioeconomic factors associated with vulnerability and adaptive capacity are well established and documented, the largest uncertainties are associated with the rate and extent of potential climate change. Recent work has addressed the social vulnerabilities to climate change at a more detailed level than in the past,796c4617-7dcd-433e-bb0e-805cdab4c136,6d7209f8-ba52-4dc1-a779-aae07faafe12 providing information on the constraints that social vulnerabilities can have on climate change adaptation.'
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