Assessment of vulnerability to climate hazards in municipality of Lom, Bulgaria
An important part of the natural hazard’s risk management is the vulnerability assessment. There are many publications proposing different systems of indicators and tools for vulnerability assessment, but very few of them are dealing with the problem on community level. The study for mun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić" |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7599/2013/0350-75991303047N.pdf |
| Summary: | An important part of the natural hazard’s risk management is the
vulnerability assessment. There are many publications proposing different
systems of indicators and tools for vulnerability assessment, but very few
of them are dealing with the problem on community level. The study for
municipality of Lom is carried out on the base of a framework for
vulnerability assessment which includes the following important elements:
hazard probability, exposure, sensitivity and coping capacity. In this paper
we use the spatial dimensions of the areas prone to a particular climate
hazard as an indicator for the level of exposure to this hazard. We
introduce a measure for the system sensitivity as a function of hazard and
exposure classes assigned to these areas. On the base of a system of
indicators and scores for the hazard, exposure, sensitivity and capacity, is
estimated a Vulnerability Index for municipality of Lom. The results from
this case study show that implementation of the proposed Vulnerability
Assessment Method provide reliable information for the level of
vulnerability to ten climate hazards. It may be of use for different risk
management purposes. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-7599 1821-2808 |