Simarmata, Hendricus Andy, Hornidge, Anna-Katharina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-4348 and Antweiler, Christoph (2020) Assessing Flood-Related Vulnerability of the Urban Poor. In: Future Challenges of Cities in Asia. , ed. by Bracken, Gregory, Rabé, Paul, Parthasarathy, R., Sami, Neha and Zhang, Bing. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, pp. 183-208. ISBN 978-90-485-4491-2 DOI https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463728812_ch08.

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Abstract

Urban poverty and floods are the foremost challenges for coastal cities of Southeast Asia. It is often assumed that the poor residents of a floodaffected area are mainly vulnerable. Yet, only few studies have placed flood-experienced people at the center of the vulnerability assessment. This chapter aims to explore who is vulnerable among the flood-affected urban poor and how they define flood-related vulnerability. We found that kampung residents use their flood experiences as a stock of knowledge to differentiate the level of vulnerability. Therefore, we suggest applying a life-world analysis to assess the state of vulnerability of an informal urban settlement and expect to identify the potentiality of the flood-experienced ones to organize transformative adaptation.

Document Type:	Book chapter
Programme Area:	PA3
Research affiliation:	Social Sciences > Development and Knowledge Sociology
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463728812_ch08
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2020 12:34
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2025 18:53
URI:	https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/3344

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