COMMUNAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR NATURAL DISASTERS

摘要

An integral part of risk assessment for natural hazards, communal vulnerability assessment (CVA) is now receiving considerable attention, with the on-going Inter- national Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). This article expounds the definition of the CVA concept and its implication. In addition, it offers a brief discussion of the reasons why CVA has been neglected and its relationship with socio- economic and physical vulnerability assessment.