Flood disadvantage in Scotland: mapping the potential losses in well-being

This Scottish research looks at the communities most socially and spatially vulnerable to potential flood events in terms of their underlying characteristics (i.e. socio-demographic data such as age and health, spatial and physical characteristics of the neighbourhood), with a focus on mapping flood disadvantage (i.e. socio-spatial vulnerability combined with the probability of being flooded).


7 Appendix 2

Table A2.1 Classification scheme for flood disadvantage data

Score1 Label
≥ 1.5 Extremely disadvantaged/ extremely high disadvantage
0.5 to 1.5 Relatively disadvantaged/ relatively high disadvantage
-0.5 to 0.5 Average
≤ -0.5 Relatively advantaged/ relatively low disadvantage

1. Scores are mapped on standard deviations around the mean (a value of zero). They are created through combining socio-spatial vulnerability and flood exposure scores. The 'average' category is within ±0.5 of a standard deviation around the mean.

Table A2.2 Classification scheme for socio-spatial flood vulnerability data

Score1 Label
≥ 2.5 Acute
1.5 to 2.5 Extremely high
0.5 to 1.5 Relatively high
-0.5 to 0.5 Average
-0.5 to -1.5 Relatively low
-1.5 to -2.5 Extremely low
≤ -2.5 Slight

1. Scores are mapped on standard deviations around the mean (a value of zero). The 'average' category is within ±0.5 of a standard deviation around the mean. The methodology for the creation of the socio-spatial vulnerability scores is explained in Lindley et al (2011).

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