VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES TO FLOODS IN THE WESTERN PART OF ROMANIA (BANAT PLAIN)

Busuioc A., Caian M., Cheval S., Bojariu R., Boroneanţ C., Baciu M., Dumitrescu A. Variabilitatea ş i schimbarea climei în România (Climate variability and change in Romania), Pro Universitaria, Bucureşti, 2010;

Kasperson J. X., Kasperson R.E., Turner II B.L., Hsieh W., Schiller A. Vulnerability to global environmental change, in The human dimensions of global environmental change, Dieckmann, A., Dietz, T., Jaeger, C., Rosa, A.E., (editors), MA: MIT Press, 2002;

Turner II B.L., Kasperson R.E., Matson P.A., McCarthy J.J., Corell R.W., Christensen L., Eckley N., Kasperson J.X., Luers A., Martello M. L., Polsky C., Pulsipher A., Schiller A. A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science, PNAS, Vol. 100, No.14, pp 8074-8079, 2003;

IPCC. Climate change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, UK, 976 p, 2007; GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

MMGA. Raport privind efectele inunda ţiilor şi fenomenelor meteorologice periculoase produse în anul 2005, Comitetul Ministerial p entru Situaţii de Urgenţă, 40 p, 2006;

Turner B.L., Matson P. A., McCarthy J. J., Corell R. W., Christensen L. , Eckley N. , Hovelsrud-Broda G. K., Kasperson J. X., Kasperson R. E., Luers A. , Martello M.L. , Mathiesen S. , Naylor R. , Polsky C. , Pulsipher A. , Schiller A. , Selin H. , Tyler N. , Illustrating the coupled human-environment system for vulnerability analysis: thre e case studies. Proc National Acad Sci USA 100(14), pp 8080–8085, 2003;

Folke C. Resilience: the emergence of a perspective for social -ecological systems analyses; Global Environmental Change, 16, pp 253 – 267, 2006;

Adger N.W. Vulnerability, Global Environmental Change 16, pp 268–281, 2006;

Adger N.W. Social vulnerability to climate change and extremes in coastal Vietnam, World Development, volume 27, issue 2, 249–69, 1999;

Brower R., Aftab S., Brauder L. Socio-economic vulnerability and adaptation to environmental risk. A case study of climate change and flooding in Bangladesh, PREM Working Paper 06/01, 2006, 23 p;

Adger N.W., Brooks N., Bentham G., Agnew M., Eriksen S. New indicators for vulnerability and adaptive capacity , Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Rese arch, Technical Report 7, 122 p, 2004 ;

Cutter S. L., Boruff B.J., Shirley W.L. Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards, Social Science Quarterly, vol. 84, nr. 2, pp 242-261, 2003;

De Lange H.J., Sala S., Vighi M., Faber J.H. Ecological vulnerability in risk assessment – a review and perspectives, Sci. Total Environ., volume 408, issue 18, pp 3871-3879, 2010;

Bălteanu D., Costache A. Percepţia efectelor inundaţiilor din aprilie 2005 la Foeni şi Otelec (judeţul Timiş). Consideraţii preliminare, Studii şi Cercetări de Geografie, tom LI-LII, 2004-2005, pp 139-152, 2005;

Bradford R. A., O'Sullivan J. J., van der Craats I. M., Krywkow J., Rotko P., Aaltonen J., Bonaiuto M., De Dominicis S., Waylen K., Schelfaut K. Risk perception – issues for flood management in Europe, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., volume 12, pp 2299-2309, 2012;

O'Sullivan J. J., Bradford R. A. , Bonaiuto M., De Dominicis S. , Rotko P., Aaltonen J., Waylen K. , Langan S. J. Enhancing flood resilience through improved risk communications, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., volume 12, pp 2271-2282, 2012;

Keogh D.U., Apan A., Mushtaq S., King D., Thomas M. Resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity of an inland rural town prone to flooding: a climate change adaptation case study of Charleville, Queensland, Australia, Nat Hazards volume 59, pp 699–723, 2011.

Busuioc A., Caian M., Cheval S., Bojariu R., Boroneanţ C., Baciu M., Dumitrescu A. Variabilitatea ş i schimbarea climei în România (Climate variability and change in Romania), Pro Universitaria, Bucureşti, 2010;

Kasperson J. X., Kasperson R.E., Turner II B.L., Hsieh W., Schiller A. Vulnerability to global environmental change, in The human dimensions of global environmental change, Dieckmann, A., Dietz, T., Jaeger, C., Rosa, A.E., (editors), MA: MIT Press, 2002;

Turner II B.L., Kasperson R.E., Matson P.A., McCarthy J.J., Corell R.W., Christensen L., Eckley N., Kasperson J.X., Luers A., Martello M. L., Polsky C., Pulsipher A., Schiller A. A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science, PNAS, Vol. 100, No.14, pp 8074-8079, 2003;

IPCC. Climate change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, UK, 976 p, 2007; GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

MMGA. Raport privind efectele inunda ţiilor şi fenomenelor meteorologice periculoase produse în anul 2005, Comitetul Ministerial p entru Situaţii de Urgenţă, 40 p, 2006;

Turner B.L., Matson P. A., McCarthy J. J., Corell R. W., Christensen L. , Eckley N. , Hovelsrud-Broda G. K., Kasperson J. X., Kasperson R. E., Luers A. , Martello M.L. , Mathiesen S. , Naylor R. , Polsky C. , Pulsipher A. , Schiller A. , Selin H. , Tyler N. , Illustrating the coupled human-environment system for vulnerability analysis: thre e case studies. Proc National Acad Sci USA 100(14), pp 8080–8085, 2003;

Folke C. Resilience: the emergence of a perspective for social -ecological systems analyses; Global Environmental Change, 16, pp 253 – 267, 2006;

Adger N.W. Vulnerability, Global Environmental Change 16, pp 268–281, 2006;

Adger N.W. Social vulnerability to climate change and extremes in coastal Vietnam, World Development, volume 27, issue 2, 249–69, 1999;

Brower R., Aftab S., Brauder L. Socio-economic vulnerability and adaptation to environmental risk. A case study of climate change and flooding in Bangladesh, PREM Working Paper 06/01, 2006, 23 p;

Adger N.W., Brooks N., Bentham G., Agnew M., Eriksen S. New indicators for vulnerability and adaptive capacity , Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Rese arch, Technical Report 7, 122 p, 2004 ;

Cutter S. L., Boruff B.J., Shirley W.L. Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards, Social Science Quarterly, vol. 84, nr. 2, pp 242-261, 2003;

De Lange H.J., Sala S., Vighi M., Faber J.H. Ecological vulnerability in risk assessment – a review and perspectives, Sci. Total Environ., volume 408, issue 18, pp 3871-3879, 2010;

Bălteanu D., Costache A. Percepţia efectelor inundaţiilor din aprilie 2005 la Foeni şi Otelec (judeţul Timiş). Consideraţii preliminare, Studii şi Cercetări de Geografie, tom LI-LII, 2004-2005, pp 139-152, 2005;

Bradford R. A., O'Sullivan J. J., van der Craats I. M., Krywkow J., Rotko P., Aaltonen J., Bonaiuto M., De Dominicis S., Waylen K., Schelfaut K. Risk perception – issues for flood management in Europe, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., volume 12, pp 2299-2309, 2012;

O'Sullivan J. J., Bradford R. A. , Bonaiuto M., De Dominicis S. , Rotko P., Aaltonen J., Waylen K. , Langan S. J. Enhancing flood resilience through improved risk communications, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., volume 12, pp 2271-2282, 2012;

Keogh D.U., Apan A., Mushtaq S., King D., Thomas M. Resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity of an inland rural town prone to flooding: a climate change adaptation case study of Charleville, Queensland, Australia, Nat Hazards volume 59, pp 699–723, 2011.