Gis based methodology to assess the relative vulnerability index of buildings to coastal hazards coastal karaikal a case study 1 2t arumugam, m. Examples of coastal resource analysis in developing countries a different approach to screening assessment has been applied in mombasa and dar es salam, where global datasets were used to map and analyse each city. Assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change hazards. Acunetix vulnerability testing report 2017 acunetix. Far from implying above, be due to anthropogenic causes as well as natural. The results indicate that the coastal vulnerability index for the entire coast of accra is 7. Cge training materials for vulnerability and adaptation. New jerseys coastal community vulnerability assessment. Assessing climate risk and vulnerability regarding the activities identified under the focus area. In first half of 2012, the comprehensive coastal vulnerability index cvi atlas has been brought out by the indian national centre for ocean information services incois.
Coastal vulnerability index cvi, sealevel rise, westfjords, coastal zone management. The cvi allows the six variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. New jerseys coastal community vulnerability assessment and. An holistic approach to beach erosion vulnerability. As such, a specific task of the risckit project task 2. The index allows the six physical variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. This index, without being a predictive tool of the future position of the coastline, provides a rankbased vulnerability assessment, permitting a comparative classification of the various coastal stretches, which allows scientists and decision makers to identify portions of the coast that are at a higher risk. Vulnerability index summary aids foundation of chicago. Known vulnerabilities are those with a common vulnerability enumeration cve identifier or.
Overall, the study suggests that the livelihood vulnerability index can be broadly applied in comparable settings in smallisland developing states and other developing countries. By definition then, risk and vulnerability are bound up with a propoor growth strategy. The household vulnerability index hvi is a statistical index developed by the food, agriculture and natural resources policy analysis network fanrpan in 2004 to measure household vulnerability. The cvi assesses the relative physical vulnerability of the coast.
To investigate the implications of spatial scale in depicting coastal hazard risk, coastal vulnerability indices were developed at national northern ireland, local authority and site levels. Coastal vulnerability index cvi for gulf islands national. A set of physical parameters are considered for the multiattribute analysis based on the analytic hierarchy process, in order to define a physical vulnerability index fundamental to assess. The majority have been similar implementations of sovi in jurisdictions outside of the usa using alternative variables, but some have used pca in alternative contexts, including with data. Jan 15, 2015 thus, coastal vulnerability assessment methods have been developed to identify and manage the vulnerable areas over the coast. Coastal vulnerability and climate change in australia. Thus, coastal vulnerability assessment methods have been developed to identify and manage the vulnerable areas over the coast. Vulnerability is the inability to resist a hazard or to respond when a disaster has occurred. The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is similar to that used by gornitz et al. This paper outlines the broad technique used to determine the cvi for kzn, which identifies zones of. The idea of the beach vulnerability index bvi originates from the coastal vulnerability index developed by gornitz et. Conceptual and methodological framework two 2 composite index frameworks were constructed. Handbook for vulnerability mapping eu asia pro eco project disaster reduction through awareness, preparedness and prevention mechanisms in coastal settlements in asia demonstration in tourism destinations janet edwards martin gustafsson barbro naslundlandenmark november 2007 swedish rescue services agency. Coastal vulnerability index cvi for fire island national.
Once each section of coastline is assigned a risk value based on each specific data variable, the coastal vulnerability index is calculated as the square root of the geometric mean, or the square root of the product of the ranked variables divided by the total number of variables as. Climate change vulnerability assessment for natural. Coastal vulnerability assessment research papers academia. The square root of product mean cvi 5 method was adopted for this study. Aug 15, 2014 the idea of the beach vulnerability index bvi originates from the coastal vulnerability index developed by gornitz et.
Development of a coastal vulnerability index implication that the needs of the present generation may coastal system may, as acknowledged in the excerpts given indeed be met as a right turner 1993. Vulnerability index summary chronic street homelessness, i. Building vulnerability assessment checklist, pages 146 to 192. Public risk perceptions and adaptation to climate change in nonmetropolitan coastal communities christopher david button benvst hons adelaide school of social sciences discipline of geography, environment and population the university of adelaide, south australia. This chapter outlines aspects of vulnerability leading to disasters, describing how to understand vulnerability better in order to better understand and deal with. A coastal vulnerability index for kwazulunatal, south africa. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sealevel rise within fire island national seashore in new york. The index high value means very high vulnerability is different for different areas. Dec 31, 2012 the index high value means very high vulnerability is different for different areas. This research combines the united states geological survey s usgs costal vulnerability index cvi1 and the gomitz and whites coastal vulnerability index cvi2 with the social and coastal counties of the united states. A comparative analysis of disaster risk, vulnerability and. New jersey s coastal community vulnerability assessment and mapping protocol suggested citation. Once its use to compare the vulnerability of a range of cities under current conditions has been demonstrated, it is used to study the impact of. Manage vulnerabilities vuln capability description purpose provides the department or agency da visibility into the known vulnerabilities present on their networks.
So how do notions of risk and vulnerability fit into this agenda. Assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change. This report was produced under united states agency for international development usaid cooperative agreement no. On questions of gender, the study found that femaleheaded households were marginally more vulnerable than maleheaded households. Each year the acunetix team compiles a vulnerability testing report based on data from acunetix online. This paper outlines the broad technique used to determine the cvi for kzn, which identifies zones of risk, and assesses. The march 2008 2nd annual homeless assessment report to congress from hud department of housing.
In particular, the brief defines adaptive capacity as a combination of a societys ex ante i. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the most commonly used and simple methods to assess coastal vulnerability to sea level rise, in particular. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is a composite overlay model of geospatial hazard indicators including geomorphology, slope, flood prone areas, storm surge inundation scenarios, poorly drained soils, and erosionprone areas. In actual fact, vulnerability depends on several factors, such as. An assessment of the vulnerability to erosion of the coastal. One obvious link comes from recognising vulnerability as a cause, symptom and constituent part of chronic poverty prowse, 2003, quoted in van ginneken, 2005. However, this studycan provide a possible foundation for future work, especially if relevant wind and wave data are incorporated. Assessing coastal vulnerability index to climate change. This third vulnerability testing report contains data and analysis of vulnerabilities detected by acunetix throughout the period of march 2016 to march 2017, illustrating the state of security of web applications and network perimeters. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was constructed to estimate the level of vulnerability of a coastline approximately 48. An hrva is a critical part of every emergency program and is a requirement mandated by the local. Vulnerability summary for the week of june 19, 2017 cisa. Cge training materials for vulnerability and adaptation assessment page 8 of 52 box 51 cont.
Coastal vulnerability assessment studies over india. The vulnerability index was estimated for the three sections by determining their relative risk factors. Climate change vulnerability assessment for natural resources. A coastal community vulnerability index ccvi was constructed to evaluate the vulnerability of coastal communities buhangin, pingit, reserva, sabang, and zabali in the municipality of baler, aurora, philippines. Cvi is a static model that represents lands that are presently vulnerable.
Department of geology, university of madras, chennai 600 025, india. For instance, people who live on plains are more vulnerable to floods than people who live higher up. This research combines the united states geological survey s usgs costal vulnerability index cvi1 and the gomitz and whites coastal vulnerability index cvi2 with the social and coastal counties of. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Design and use of composite indices in assessments of climate change vulnerability and resilience 1 1. Climatechange vulnerability assessment for priority wildlife species of the navajo nation mawdsley and lamb 20 the primary methodology for assessing high and low vulnerability in this report is adapted from the natureserve ccvi, a spreadsheetbased tool that estimates a species relative vulnerability to climate change. It is based on a numerical approximation of the principal physical. Gis based methodology to assess the relative vulnerability. Financial assistance provided by the coastal zone management act of. In the indian context, several vulnerability studies have been taken for the east coast as well as west coast for sea level rise using physical variables as an input to the coastal vulnerability index. Hazard risk and vulnerability assessment executive summary emergex planning inc. An index to determine vulnerability of communities in a. Contents executive summary vii what climate change is possible for australia. Coastal vulnerability index making cities resilient.
Understanding vulnerability to understand disasters. In actual fact, vulnerability depends on several factors, such as peoples age and state of health, local. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sealevel rise within gulf islands national seashore in mississippi and florida. Reconciling different concepts of risk and vulnerability. View coastal vulnerability assessment research papers on academia. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the most commonly used and simple methods to assess coastal vulnerability to sea level rise, in particular due to erosion andor inundation gornitz et al.
The authors in this index referred to coastal erosion vulnerability, either than coastal. Understanding livelihood vulnerability to climate change. Coastal vulnerability assessment of puducherry coast, india. The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is the same as that used in thieler and hammarklose 1999 and is similar to that used in gornitz and others 1994, as well as to the sensitivity index employed by shaw and others 1998. Since the publication of cutters social vulnerability index sovi there have been numerous indices constructed using principal components analysis pca. Vulnerability assessment checklist extracted from table 122. New jersey s coastal community vulnerability assessment and mapping protocol. Indexbased tools are particularly useful to make a.
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