Building comparable global change vulnerability assessments: The vulnerability scoping diagram

By C. Polsky, R. Neff, B. Yarnal. 2007

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Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis: A Case of Double Exposure (2010, background): “…and socio-ecological systems to shocks and stresses associated with processes of global change (e.g., Turner et al. 2003; Eakin and Luers 2006; Berkes 2007; Nelson, Adger, and Brown 2007; Polsky, Neff, and Yarnal 2007; Acosta-Michlik et al. 2008; Eakin and Wehbe 2009; Eriksen and Silva 2009).”
The Adaptive Capacity Wheel: a method to assess the inherent characteristics of institutions to enable the adaptive capacity of society (2010, background): “Diagram of Polsky et al. (2007), except that it focuses and expands on the Adaptive Capacity component and is limited to institutions.”
The Livelihood Vulnerability Index: A pragmatic approach to assessing risks from climate variability and change—A case study in Mozambique (2009, background): “Of the second-generation studies, there are a multitude of interpretations about how best to apply exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity concepts to quantify vulnerability (Sullivan, 2002; O’Brien et al., 2004; Vincent, 2004; Ebi et al., 2006; Thornton et al., 2006; Polsky et al., 2007).”