Review of CAPRA Vulnerability Module (Hurricane Suite)

This technical note provides an overview for decision makers in the emergency management community who wish to build vulnerability assessments and must develop mitigations strategies and loss projections. It provides a peer-review of the advantages...

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Main Author: Pita, Gonzalo L.
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25136494/review-capra-vulnerability-module-hurricane-suite
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22981
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Summary:This technical note provides an overview for decision makers in the emergency management community who wish to build vulnerability assessments and must develop mitigations strategies and loss projections. It provides a peer-review of the advantages and challenges for the different vulnerability methodologies proposed to date, such as the current version of the ERN-vulnerability module, and its vulnerability model.