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

Updated Date: 7/17/2025 11:42:13 AM

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.

VDC level indicators for hazard, vulnerability and risk due to flood in Nepal
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Purpose The dataset has been created for developing web based 'Multi-Level Risk Assessment System (MLRA)' for historical flood events.
Descriptive Keyword Socio-Economic, Sensitivity, Resilience, Sex Ratio, Child Woman Ratio, Exposure, Road Density, Population, Health Facility, geo-disaster, servircat, icimod-servir (theme) Nepal, District, VDC (place)
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Date 2025-07-17T11:42:13
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Name Mr. Deo Raj Gurung Email metadata@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD, SERVIR Himalaya Voice
Position name Remote Sensing Specialist Address
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Title VDC level indicators for hazard, vulnerability and risk due to flood in Nepal
Date 2015-09-24
Date Type publication
Abstract 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.
Purpose The dataset has been created for developing web based 'Multi-Level Risk Assessment System (MLRA)' for historical flood events.
Status completed
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Topic Category geoscientificInformation
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Name Mr. Deo Raj Gurung Email metadata@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice 977-1-5275222
Position name Remote Sensing Specialist Address Nepal
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Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 88.19456 Geographic Extent West 80.0522
Geographic Extent North 30.42472 Geographic Extent South 26.36836
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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
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Email metadata@icimod.org Organization Name ICIMOD
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