Revue d’économie du développement 2020/1 Vol. 28
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Tourist islands at the mercy of climate change: An assessment using a synthetic index of physical vulnerability

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Pages 69 to 106

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  • GOUJON, Michaël
  • and HOARAU, Jean-François,
2020. Tourist islands at the mercy of climate change: An assessment using a synthetic index of physical vulnerability. Revue d’économie du développement, 2020/1 Vol. 28, p.69-106. DOI : 10.3917/edd.341.0069. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-d-economie-du-developpement-2020-1-page-69?lang=en.
  • Goujon, Michaël.
  • et al.
« Tourist islands at the mercy of climate change: An assessment using a synthetic index of physical vulnerability ». Revue d’économie du développement, 2020/1 Vol. 28, 2020. p.69-106. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-d-economie-du-developpement-2020-1-page-69?lang=en.
  • Goujon, M.
  • and Hoarau, J.-F.
(2020). Tourist Islands at the Mercy of Climate Change: An Assessment Using a Synthetic Index of Physical Vulnerability. Revue d’économie du développement, . 28(1), 69-106. https://doi.org/10.3917/edd.341.0069.

https://doi.org/10.3917/edd.341.0069

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Figure 1
Figure 1

The standard TALC approach

Source: Butler (2011).

Figure 2
Figure 2

TALC approach with chaos

Source: Russell and Faulkner (2004).

Figure 3
Figure 3

The PVCCI and its components

Notes: *or melting glaciers. The last two rows refer respectively to exposure components (grayed-out, in italics) and to the size of the shock components. Adapted from Closset et al. (2018).

Table 2
Table 2

PVCCI by groups of countries and territories

Source: the authors.

Figure 4
Figure 4

Dispersion of PVCCI levels by groups of countries and territories

Source: the authors.

Table 3
Table 3

PVCCI and means of components by groups

Source: the authors.

Figure 5
Figure 5

Radar chart of PVCCI components for the different groupings

Source: the authors.

Figure 6
Figure 6

Dispersion of PVCCI levels by groups of SIEs

Source: the authors.

Table 4
Table 4

Difference in means tests between groups

Notes: difference in means test for two observations of different variances, bilateral test, H0: means are the same; HA: means are different.

Source: the authors.

Figure 7
Figure 7

Radar chart of PVCCI components for SIE subsets

Source: the authors.

Table A2
Table A2

Groups of countries and territories

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Source: the authors.

Table A3
Table A3

Ranking of countries and territories according to PVCCI score, total sample

Tableau

Note: SIEs are shown in bold. *(**) indicates island economies belonging to the SITE (SITE/PROFIT) model. The sample has been divided into four equal parts that reflect the degree of vulnerability in descending order.

Tableau
Tableau

Source: the authors.