Author: Panthi, J. et al.
Year of publication: 2016
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Regional
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Regional decision makers
Output: Report
Region of origin: Asia, Australia, North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: Nepal
Sectors covered: Agriculture
Details: Mixed agro-livestock smallholders
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Test of IPCC Vulnerability Index and liveliehood vulnerability Index (LVI) LVI: Indicator selection based on literature review and stakeholder interview, combination with climate-extreme indicators; weighting and averaging of indicators. IPCC Vulnerability Index: Indicators combined according to exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity, calculation of vulnerability
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, sensitivity, exposure, adaptive capacity
Details: LVI: Broad definition of vulnerability, IPCC Vulnerability Index: exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity (according to IPCC)
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Flood, Landslide, Drought
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: Survey data, secondary data on climate variability and natural disasters
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: Partly
Details: Stakeholder consultation, survey
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Details: Through inclusion of multiple hazards vulnerability was aggregated
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Applied by whom: Panthi,J. et al.
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