Table 4 Socio-economic dimensions of the coastal vulnerability assessment tool
From: City residents, scientists and policy-makers: power in co-producing knowledge
Type of risk | Socio-economic dimensions | Indictor for vulnerability assessment |
|---|---|---|
Loss of property | â–ª Loss of beach holdings â–ª Tenure insecurity due to undocumented property rights â–ª Deterioration in housing standards | â–ª Beach-based businesses operated by plot â–ª Number of affected persons with document and undocumented property rights by race and gender â–ª Proportion of affected persons updated on municipal beach management laws by race gender (e.g. the Integrated Coastal Management Act). |
Joblessness | ▪ Loss of merchandize by SME’s (food stalls, artisanal units) ▪ Reduced income from natural resources (sand, quarries, fish) ▪ Conflict in and with SME associations ▪ Decline in production of staple crops (e.g. maize) as a result of climate change | ▪ Number of affected SMEs by gender and race of proprietor ▪ Number of affected livelihoods depending on natural resources ▪ Number of SME associations involved ▪ Shifts in planting seasons ▪ Decline in crop harvest |
Social disengagements | â–ª Loss of access to public services â–ª Loss of access to common property services (fishing grounds, cemetery, quarries) â–ª Dismantling of kinship, local voluntary associations, marriages, cultural clashes with host population | â–ª Affected voluntary associations by settlement â–ª Affected health units by settlement â–ª Common property services by village |
Morbidity and Mortality | â–ª Outbreak of vector-borne diseases/HIV/IDS â–ª Wife/husband buttering â–ª improvised sewage systems increase vulnerability to epidemics and chronic diarrhoea, dysentery | â–ª Number of illnesses reported â–ª Number of gender-based violence incidences reported |