Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin—with affluence generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and adaptive capacity. However, in the context of climate change and an increase in associated hazards and disasters, we suggest the need to re-examine this dynamic relationship—a complex association we define here as the Affluence–Vulnerability Interface (AVI). We review research in different national contexts to show how a more nuanced understanding of the AVI can (a) problematize the notion that increasing material affluence necessarily has a mitigating influence on social vulnerability, (b) extend our analysis of social vulnerability beyond low-income regions to include affluent contexts and (c) improve our understanding of how psychosocial characteristics influence people’s vulnerability. Finally, we briefly outline three methodological approaches that we believe will assist future engagement with the AVI.

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重新思考富裕和脆弱性之间的相互作用以帮助适应气候变化的能力

富裕和脆弱性通常被视为硬币的对立面——富裕通常被理解为通过提高弹性和适应能力来减少脆弱性的形式。然而，在气候变化和相关灾害和灾害增加的背景下，我们建议有必要重新审视这种动态关系——我们在此将这种复杂的关联定义为富裕 - 脆弱性接口 (AVI)。我们回顾了不同国家背景下的研究，以展示对 AVI 更细致入微的理解如何能够 (a) 质疑日益增加的物质财富必然会对社会脆弱性产生缓解影响的观念，(b) 将我们对社会脆弱性的分析扩展到低收入地区之外，以包括富裕的环境；(c) 提高我们对社会心理特征如何影响人们脆弱性的理解。最后，我们简要概述了我们认为将有助于未来参与 AVI 的三种方法论方法。