Fazal Khan|Ali Salman
A simple human vulnerability index to climate change hazards for Pakistan
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology|Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
article explores spatial pattern vulnerability climate change hazards pakistan developing human vulnerability index hvi purpose use population census 1998 agriculture census 2000 data hvi places 103 districts pakistan rank order looks whether correlation human vulnerability exposure disaster districts respect climate change hazards floods hvi validated using independent flood recovery data set study found hvi useful tool identifying vulnerable regions districts resource allocation hvi poor tool vulnerability assessment community household levels purpose used logistic regression analysis indicates adult literacy rate ownership livestock access electricity three six key variables play critical positive role recovery 2010 floods primary data collected households also reveal 2010 pakistan floods equally affecte standing crops livestock house structures twothirds sample households rebuilt house structures whereas livestock recovery negligible since floods also found 2010 floods affected poverty regions country weak systematic correlation human vulnerability disaster exposure