Le Roux, AlizeKhuluse, SNaude, AJS2015-10-052015-10-052015-08Le Roux, A, Khuluse, S and Naude, AJS. 2015. Creating a high resolution social vulnerability map in support of national decision makers in South Africa. In: 27th International Cartographic Conference 2015 (ICC): Cartography - Maps Connecting the World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-28 August 2015 - ICChttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/814127th International Cartographic Conference 2015 (ICC): Cartography - Maps Connecting the World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-28 August 2015The core objective of this study was to create a social vulnerability map based on generally accepted variables that are indicative of drivers of social vulnerability, capturing the unique attributes of South African communities. The paper explains the need for an index to measure the so-cial vulnerability of various communities throughout South Africa and looks at international literature as the base for the study. Such an index is deemed essential in decision making specifically in reducing the susceptibility of various communities to the risks associated with multiple stressors. Fourteen unique (South African specific) variables were chosen and a principal component analysis was preformed to build an appropriate index to measure social vulnerability across South Africa. This index is essential and required by the South African National Disaster Management Centre in terms of the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005.enSocial vulnerabilitySpatial decision support2005 National Disaster Management FrameworkSouth African National Disaster Management CentreComposite indicatorsPrincipal component analysisPCAConference PresentationLe Roux, A., Khuluse, S., & Naude, A. (2015). Creating a high resolution social vulnerability map in support of national decision makers in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8141Le Roux, Alize, S Khuluse, and AJS Naude. "Creating a high resolution social vulnerability map in support of national decision makers in South Africa." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8141Le Roux A, Khuluse S, Naude A, Creating a high resolution social vulnerability map in support of national decision makers in South Africa; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8141 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Le Roux, Alize AU - Khuluse, S AU - Naude, AJS AB - The core objective of this study was to create a social vulnerability map based on generally accepted variables that are indicative of drivers of social vulnerability, capturing the unique attributes of South African communities. The paper explains the need for an index to measure the so-cial vulnerability of various communities throughout South Africa and looks at international literature as the base for the study. Such an index is deemed essential in decision making specifically in reducing the susceptibility of various communities to the risks associated with multiple stressors. Fourteen unique (South African specific) variables were chosen and a principal component analysis was preformed to build an appropriate index to measure social vulnerability across South Africa. This index is essential and required by the South African National Disaster Management Centre in terms of the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005. DA - 2015-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Social vulnerability KW - Spatial decision support KW - 2005 National Disaster Management Framework KW - South African National Disaster Management Centre KW - Composite indicators KW - Principal component analysis KW - PCA LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Creating a high resolution social vulnerability map in support of national decision makers in South Africa TI - Creating a high resolution social vulnerability map in support of national decision makers in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8141 ER -