Abstract
 Geospatial Flood Vulnerability Assessment in the Lower Mekong Basin Track: Disaster Mangagement and Emergency Response Author(s): Chris Chiesa, Pam Cowher, Craig Laben Vulnerability-Exposure-Sensitivity-Resilience (VESR) is a multi-hazard methodology for assessing the spatial variability of vulnerability to natural hazards, as well as their impacts on the people, infrastructure and institutions within a region. VESR methodology addresses the questions "Which locales or cities in a region are most vulnerable to hazards?", "How does vulnerability vary across the region?" and, more importantly, "What can be done to reduce vulnerability and its underlying components?" Accordingly, this methodology provides necessary information to policy makers, planners, and disaster managers for allocating resources including preparedness, mitigation, and disaster response funding, as well as infrastructure improvement investments. It also allows one to examine the potential effects on a region's vulnerability of non-disaster reduction policies in related areas such as environmental and natural resources management, regional development, and poverty alleviation. The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has recently applied this methodology to assess flood vulnerability in the Lower Mekong River Basin. Chris Chiesa Pacific Disaster Center Data and Information Resources 590 Lipoa Parkway Suite 259 Kihei , HI 96753 US Phone: 808-891-0525 Fax: 808-891-0526 E-mail: cchiesa@pdc.org Pam Cowher Pacific Disaster Center 590 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 259 Kihei , HI 96753 US Phone: 808-891-0525 E-mail: pcowher@pdc.org Craig Laben Pacific Disaster Center 590 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 259 Kihei , HI 96753 US Phone: 808-891-7944 E-mail: claben@pdc.org |
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