Sanam K. Aksha|Luke Juran|Lynn M. Resler|Yang Zhang
An Analysis of Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Nepal Using a Modified Social Vulnerability Index
Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech
social vulnerability influences ability prepare respond recover disasters identification vulnerable populations factors contribute vulnerability crucial effective disaster risk reduction nepal exhibits multihazard risk experienced socioeconomic political upheaval recent decades increasing susceptibility hazards however still know little regarding social vulnerability nepal investigate social vulnerability nepal adapting social vulnerability index sovi methods nepali context variables caste populations cannot speakunderstand nepali added reflect essence nepali context using principal component analysis 39 variables reduced seven factors explained 6302 variance data factor scores summarized calculate final sovi scores highest levels social vulnerability concentrated central western mountain western hill central eastern tarai regions nepal least vulnerable areas central eastern hill regions findings supplemented smallerscale analyses potential assist village officers policymakers emergency managers development effective geographically targeted disaster management programs