1. Article by Caroline Moser
A CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRO-POOR ASSET ADAPTATION TO URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE
Article by Caroline Moser

2. FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK ASSET-FOCCUSED FRAMEWORK
ANALYTICALLY
(BETTER UNDERSTAND)
OPERATIONALLY
(MORE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESS)
PHASES OF URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE
(IMPACTS ON POOR URBAN COMMUNITIES)
Long-term Resilience
Immediate Post-disaster Response
Rebuilding
Pre-disaster Damage limitation
FRAMEWORK
FRAMEWORK
ASSET-ADAPTATION FRAMEWORK
COMPONENTS
VULNERABILITY
(GROUPS MOST AFFECTED BY CC-RELATED DISASTERS – SOCIO ECONOMIC ASPECTS)
ADAPTATION
(“BOTTOM-UP” & “TOP DOWN” CC ESTRATEGIES:)

3. ASSET VULNERABILITY
Insecurity of the well being of individuals, households & communities including sensitivity to change (Morse 1998)
Lack of resilience to changes (environmental, economic, politic, social, etc.) that threaten welfare
Lack of assets
The more assets a society has, the less vulnerable it generally is. (visce versa)
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

4. What´s the definition of assets and what assets are associated with vulnerability and adaptation analysis?
The main difference is that transformation and transition do not maintain functional integrity… they force the community, ecology, whatever system to change
These definitions point to the socio-ecological systems theory

5. THE MOST IMPORTANT CAPITAL ASSETS
The main difference is that transformation and transition do not maintain functional integrity… they force the community, ecology, whatever system to change
These definitions point to the socio-ecological systems theory
Assets are a key determinant of the society´s adaptive capacity both to reduce risks and to cope with and adapt to increased risk levels and they can be tangible or intangible.

6. ASSET-BASED ADAPTATION
Identifies the role of assets in increasing the adaptive capacity of low-income societies.
Includes 3 basic principles:
The process by which the assets held by individual are protected or adapted is influenced by external factors.
The formal and informal context within which actors operate can provide an enabling environment for protecting and adapting assets.
Assets can quickly move into security/vulnerability through society´s internal changes linked to life cycle as well as in response to external factors (economic, political and institutional variability)
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

7. AN ASSET-BASED FOCUS ON CC REQUIRES
Identification and analysis of the connection between vulnerability and assets
Identification of asset adaptation or resilience strategies to exploit opportunities to resist, or recover from the negative effect of climate change
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

8. VULNERABILITY ASSESMENT
Vulnerability Assessment = Hazards to which a society is exposed – its capacity to cope and adapt (the basis for response)
Vulnerability changes among social groups and population gender, ages, capacities, abilities, etc.
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

9. ASSET-VULNERABILITY ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
PHASES OF URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE
VULNERABILITY
IMPORTANT ASSETS
LONG-TERM RESILIENCE
Lack of protective infrastructure necessary to reduce risk
Physical assets
PRE-DISASTER DAMAGE LIMITATION
Lack of knowledge and capacity to take immediate short-term measures to limit impact
Social assets
IMMEDIATE POST-DISASTER RESPONSE
Lack of support from the state to cope with impacts
Human, physical and social assets
REBUILDING
Less capacity to adapt after disaster, less support from the state
Rebuilding social and physical assets
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

10. ASSET-BASED ADAPTATION OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK
PHASES OF URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION
IMPORTANT ASSETS
LONG-TERM RESILIENCE
Establishing the infrastructure and institutions that prevents CC´s impacts becoming disasters
Physical assets
PRE-DISASTER DAMAGE LIMITATION
Generating knowledge to greatly reduce loss of life, serious injury and loss of possessions, while also having the potential to moderate damage
Social assets
IMMEDIATE POST-DISASTER RESPONSE
Promoting support for community-action to cope with impacts
Human, physical and social assets
REBUILDING
Support from the state in rebuilding and transform the society
Rebuilding social and physical assets
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

11. ASSET-BASED FRAMEWORK
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The main difference is that transformation and transition do not maintain functional integrity… they force the community, ecology, whatever system to change
These definitions point to the socio-ecological systems theory

12. METHODOLOGIES
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

13. BASICALLY…
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

14. LET'S IDENTIFY THE PHASES THROUGH THEIR OUTCOMES

15. LET'S IDENTIFY THE PHASES THROUGH THEIR OUTCOMES

16. FINALLY, HOW DO I UNDERSTAND THIS FRAMEWORK?
Diagnosis.- Current status of a society and its vulnerability
Proposed Model.- How this society should be organized (strategies) in its different levels (institutional and community) to face and adapt to urban climate change
Management Model.- The action planning implementation strategies (institutional and community levels) to achieve the proposed model.
Basically allowing the system (ecological or social) to maintain homeostasis and not be completely adversely affected by a disturbance
Forward looking, placing emphasis on capacities rather than outcomes
Adaptation is a sub-set of resilience
“seeks to secure the continuation of desired systems functions into the future in the face of changing contexts, enabling alternation of institutions and organizational form”

17. WHAT WOULD I ADD TO THIS FRAMEWORK?
Diagnosis
Trend Model or Phase.- How this society would be in its different levels (institutional and community) if no actions (strategies) were taken
Proposed Model
Management Model
Resilience doesn’t directly seek to realign development relations
Within institutional organizations protecting priority functions can require transitional or potentially transformational change (can be good or bad depending)
Social learning = pathway and social relationships that shape information enhance and can lead to new ways of thinking or acting
Self-organization= novel and un-directed collective action
Organizational theory = examine the ways in which organizations shape information exchange, providing scope for learning and innovation
These theories can change the conceptualization of climate change. It is often framed technically rather than with an emphasis on social and political agendas.