Due to increasing concern about the potential impacts of climate change, the Royal Borough of Kingston decided to perform a vulnerability, hazard, and risk analysis to assist emergency planning and preparedness as well as help shape climate change adaptation strategies. Our team incorporated aspects from several methods of performing a vulnerability analysis to produce the preferred method for Kingston. A social vulnerability index was calculated using variables identified by three of more sources as being indicative of increased vulnerability to identify the most socially and economically vulnerable areas in Kingston.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Grzyb, Jacob Joshua
• D'Entremont, James Hudson
• Patel, Brijen Y
• Lobdell, Gregory Marshall

Subject

• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042910-084636

Keyword

• Emergency management
• Equality
• Climatic changes

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Smith, Ruth L.

Year

• 2010

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Royal Borough of Kingston Council

Date created

• 2010-04-29

Location

• London

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright