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Social Dimensions of Community Vulnerability to Mountain Pine Beetle

Norah MacKendrickMountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada)Pacific Forestry Centre

出版	Pacific Forestry Centre, 2005
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ifF-515GWPkC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋There is widespread recognition that the outbreak of mountain pine beetle (MPB) will have significant social & economic impacts on forest-based communities. This report presents the result of a vulnerability assessment in 11 British Columbia and two Alberta communities located in regions experiencing various levels of MPB activity. To assess community vulnerability, the project first builds a vulnerability framework based on social science research in the areas of climate change, community capacity, hazards management, and risk perception, as well as on focus group meetings in five of the studied communities. Variables & indicators included in this framework are then measured & combined into a vulnerability index, with index scores assigned to each community. The spatial variation in vulnerability is further illustrated using geographic information systems analysis. The final assessment reflects that vulnerability is not only a function of physical exposure to beetle activity but also of various social, economic, & political factors.