Table 1.
Sensitivity dimensions, their selected indicators and sources of data.
Table 2.
Adaptive capacity dimensions, their selected indicators and sources of data.
Table 3.
Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) classes and the ecosystem services they provide in the Volta Delta.
Fig 1.
Flowchart of the analytical process adopted for the study.
Table 4.
Excerpts from discussions with residents, stakeholders and experts on the sensitivity and adaptive capacity dimensions.
Fig 2.
Dimension weights assigned by residents, experts and stakeholders.
Fig 3.
Geographical clustering of the sensitivity and adaptive capacity dimensions.
a. Sensitivity dimensions. i. Livelihoods, ii. Housing, iii. Health, iv. Dependence on ecosystem services, v. Water and sanitation. b. Adaptive capacity dimensions. i. Access to economic alternatives and services, ii. Human resource capacity, iii. Economic security, iv. Enabling environment.
Fig 4.
Geographical variations in communities’ level of sensitivity, adaptive capacity and vulnerability.
a. Sensitivity, b. Adaptive capacity, c. Vulnerability.