Dr. Ian Wilderspin (Vietnam) (PDF) - Tokyo Development Learning ...

Conceptualization of vulnerability to
disasters
• The characteristics and circumstances of a community,
system or asset that make it susceptible to the
damaging effects of a hazard. There are many aspects
of vulnerability, arising from various physical, social,
economic, and environmental factors. (UNISDR, 2009)
• Vulnerability indices must cover impacts of climate
change to economic, environmental and social systems
(IPCC 1995, 2001, 2007)
…We need a comprehensive vulnerability index that is
aggregated from economic, environmental and social
vulnerability indices