Grant Agreement No.: 226479Grant Agreement • April 19th, 2012
Contract Type FiledApril 19th, 2012This report deals with the socio-economic vulnerability related to landslides. After a thorough literature review, it presents an indicator-based methodology to assess vulnerability levels. The indicators represent the underlying factors which influence a community’s ability to deal with, and recover from the damage associated with landslides. The proposed method includes indicators which represent demographic, economic and social characteristics as well as indicators representing the degree of preparedness and recovery capacity. The purpose of the indicators is to set priorities, serve as background for action, raise awareness, analyze trends and empower risk management.