Cross-sectoral
English
Delivery Modality
Offline
Theme
Risk Information
Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment
Audience
Civil Society & Community-Based Organizations
Field Level Professionals
Government
NDMO/Civil Protection
Sectoral Ministries
Agencies
FAO
IFRC
Certification
No
Last Updated
Oct-08
This course provides a definition of vulnerability and illustrates the three critical dimensions used to define it. It also presents the most commonly used methods to assess vulnerability, and provides examples and criteria for selecting the appropriate vulnerability indicators.
You will learn about
- The concept of vulnerability
- Using vulnerability assessments for decision making
- Tools available for conducting vulnerability assessments
- Selecting vulnerability indicators