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Risk-driven Ontology of Urban Systems - complemento : Package . Exposure : Class

Class Diagram - Ontology of Exposure link

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Model Elements
Name Description
  Climate Driver : Class
  Exposure : Class

[IPCC]

"Exposure is defined as the presence of people; livelihoods; species or ecosystems; environmental functions, services and resources; infrastructure; or economic, social or cultural assets in places and settings that could be adversely affected."  

Source: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_Annex-II.pdf

 

Exposure is a necessary but not sufficient determinant of risk. It is possible to be exposed but not vulnerable. However, to be vulnerable to an extreme event, one must also be exposed.

 

Source: O.D., M.K. van Aalst, J. Birkmann, M. Fordham, G. McGregor, R. Perez, R.S. Pulwarty, E.L.F. Schipper, and B.T. Sinh, 2012: Determinants of risk: exposure and vulnerability. In: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation[Field, C.B., V. Barros, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, pp. 65-108.

  Exposure Event : Class

Exposure event is the action of dispose people; livelihoods; species or ecosystems; environmental functions, services and resources; infrastructure; or economic, social or cultural assets in places and settings that could be adversely affected by hazards.

  Exposure Event TimePoint : Class
  Exposure Relation : Class
  Object At Risk : Class

An object at risk is any agentive or non-agentive object that is exposed to a hazardous situation or is vulnerable to certain hazardous situations. 

  Risk Driver : Class

1. [IPCC] Any natural or human-induced factor that directly or indirectly causes a change in a system (adapted from MA, 2005).

 

2. It encompasses both natural and human-induced factors, processes, or conditions that result in a direct or indirect alteration of a system.

 

Available at: https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/eu-overview-risks

  Urban System at Risk : Class

An urban system is a set of interconnected parts (population, urban space, and infrastructure). An urban system at risk has one or more parts vulnerable or exposed to certain risk drivers in certain situations.

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