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Rethinking Vulnerability Analysis and Governance with Emphasis on a Participatory Approach
Rossignol, Nicolas; Delvenne, Pierre; Turcanu, Catrinel
2015In Risk Analysis, 35 (1), p. 129-141
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Keywords :
Vulnerability; Governance; Participation
Abstract :
[en] This paper draws on vulnerability analysis as it emerged as a complement to classical risk analysis, and it aims at exploring its ability of nurturing risk and vulnerability governance actions. An analysis of the literature on vulnerability analysis allows us to formulate a threefold critique: first, vulnerability analysis has been treated separately in the natural and the technological hazards fields. This separation prevents vulnerability to unleash the full range of its potential, as it constraints appraisals into artificial categories and thus already closes down the outcomes of the analysis. Second, vulnerability analysis focused on assessment tools that are mainly quantitative, whereas qualitative appraisal is a key to assessing vulnerability in a comprehensive way and to informing policy-making. Third, a systematic literature review of case studies reporting on participatory approaches to vulnerability analysis allows us to argue that participation has been important to address the above, but it remains too closed down in its approach and would benefit from embracing a more open, encompassing perspective. Therefore, we suggest rethinking vulnerability analysis as one part of a dynamic process between opening-up and closing-down strategies, in order to support a vulnerability governance framework.
Research center :
Spiral
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Rossignol, Nicolas ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Anal. et éval. des politiques publ.-Méthod. de sc. politique
Delvenne, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Gouvernance et société
Turcanu, Catrinel;  Studiecentrum voor Energie = Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire - SCK = CEN > Ph.D.
Language :
English
Title :
Rethinking Vulnerability Analysis and Governance with Emphasis on a Participatory Approach
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Risk Analysis
ISSN :
0272-4332
eISSN :
1539-6924
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, United States - Massachusetts
Volume :
35
Issue :
1
Pages :
129-141
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
GDF Suez [FR]
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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