VDC level indicators for hazard, vulnerability and risk due to flood in Nepal

Hazard, vulnerability and risk due to flood are calculated at Village Development Committee (VDC) level of Nepal. Hazard index has been calculated as an arithmetic sum of flood frequency, height above nearest drainage (HAND), river density and forest density. Vulnerability index is the function of population as an Exposure, Sensitivity (sex ratio, dependency ratio and child women ratio) and Resilience (road density, population in abroad, literacy, transport facility, etc). Then risk is the sum of hazard and vulnerability index.

Date ( Publication ): 2015-09-24

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Deo Raj Gurung ( Remote Sensing Specialist )

Nepal

977-1-5275222

Purpose: The dataset has been created for developing web based 'Multi-Level Risk Assessment System (MLRA)' for historical flood events.

Credit: This dataset has been developed by SERVIR Himalaya. SERVIR is a joint USAID-NASA project. For more information on SERVIR, visit http://www.servirglobal.net. For references, use: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), SERVIR Himalaya. Multi Level Risk Assessment For Flood. Sep 2015.http://apps.geoportal.icimod.org/mlra/

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Keywords ( Theme )

Socio-Economic
Sensitivity
Resilience
Sex Ratio
Child Woman Ratio
Exposure
Road Density
Population
Health Facility
geo-disaster
servircat
icimod-servir

Keywords ( Place )

Nepal
District
VDC

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Use limitation: The SERVIR Project, NASA, USAID and ICIMOD make no express or implied warranty of this data as to the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Neither the US Government nor its contractors shall be liable for special, consequential or incidental damages attributed to this data.

Use limitation: Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation:

ICIMOD. (2015). VDC level indicators for hazard, vulnerability and risk due to flood in Nepal [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/rds.23238

Use limitation: Users are permitted to copy, use, adapt, and redistribute SERVIR data without limitations. SERVIR encourages users to keep any adapted or redistributed versions of this data freely available for public use.