Author: Asare-Kyei, D. et al.
Year of publication: 2017
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Others
Details: Not specified, in this case conducted by researchers
Institutional scale of use: Regional
Details: Developed for the West-African context
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Can be used at two levels: local / community level in terms of vulnerability assessment and at state/national level for overall risk profile
Output: Risk map
Details: Vulnerability index and multi-hazard index map build the basis for the development of multi-risk profiles
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Africa
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Not sector specific
Details: Method tries to identify impacts across sectors according to selected risks
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: First a composite vulnerability index is developed via information obtained with stakeholders. This index is then multiplied by a mulit-hazard index which includes combined effects of droughts and floods to form a risk index.
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Details: Risk is vulnerability of the system multiplied by the characteristics of the multi-hazards. In this study, the point of departure from the framework proposed by Kloos et al. is that exposure is only construed to mean the elements of the SES that are exposed to the multiple hazards, hence the term ‘exposure’ as used by Kloos et al. is replaced with ‘exposed elements’. This conceptualization helps to provide an avenue to deal with the debate on whether exposure should be part of vulnerability or included in the risk term
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Drought, Flood
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: For indicators which cannot be described by household data such as green vegetation cover, soil organic matter, population density, and others, secondary data were used. While some of these secondary data came from local statistical reports, some were also retrieved from remote sensing data and spatial analysis in a Geographic Information System (GIS)
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Indicators have been developed by relevant stakeholder groups
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Details: Explicit consideration of the combined effects of floods and droughts
Adressing uncertainty: No information
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Details: Non-economic losses (human lives) considered as well as protected areas as exposed element
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Details: Applied for drought and flood
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: UNU-EHS
Open access: Yes