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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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.