Author: Kumar, P. 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: Local/community
Details: City level
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Local decision makers
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: Europe, Asia
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: India
Sectors covered: Urban sector
Details: Urban planning
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Mixed knowledge approach; Vulnerability indicators where developed in a three fold approach: literature review on vulnerability studies; review of local policies, interviews/ focus groups with stakeholders to verify indicators, survey to indicate priority of indicators; Selection of exposure, sensitivity; Adaptive capacity indicators; Combination of indicators through Spacial-Multi-Criteria Evaluation; Weighting of indicators; clustering of scores
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Risk components incorporated: Exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: All hazards
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Temperature data, precipitation data, rainfall data, data on urbanization (infrastructure; land use; population)
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Interviews, surveys, focus group
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
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: No
Applied by whom: Kumar, P. et al.
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