Assess Vulnerability & Risk

Instructor
Matt Hutchins (Fernleaf)
35 minutes
Video

Sections

Overview

 

Learn how to utilize the hazards and assets identified in Step 1 to assess vulnerability. Aashka Patel (Fernleaf) offers an overview of the next steps that practitioners should take.

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Determine type of assessment for each potential impact

Assessments of vulnerability and risk may be spatial (at the level of individual facilities or properties using GIS data) or narrative (detailed assessment describing potential impacts and hazards).

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Develop rulesets and assess vulnerability and risk

Rulesets are semantic rules based on attributes used to classify community assets as having “high, medium, or low” characteristics of vulnerability and risk. These classifications, in addition to community input and site-specific data, are necessary to agree upon where and why people are most vulnerable to hazards.

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Use assessment results to create impact statements

For each of the potential climate-related impacts, discuss how consequences will be experienced in the event of a hazard. Impact statements can be drafted to articulate major vulnerabilities, their drivers, and their consequences for identifying options that can address them effectively.

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Finalize assessment and synthesize findings

Assessment results can be shared with the project team through various summary materials that highlight the impacts numerically and visually at the entire community-level, and also at the individual property level.

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Review assessment findings with planning team

A final meeting should be held with the full planning team to review the final assessment results and collaborate to develop insights through the use of impact statements.

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