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Table 1 Major Components of CVI (Based on Sullivan and Meigh 2005)

From: GIS based quantification and mapping of climate change vulnerability hotspots in Addis Ababa

CVI Component

Sub Indicators

Resource

Total water resource

Access

Clean water

Sanitation

Capacity

Education level of a population

Under five mortality rate

Income

People live in informal housing

Access to a place of safety in the event of flooding

Existence of disaster warning system

Use

Domestic water use

Industrial water use

Agricultural water use

Environment

Water stress

Water management

Population density

Loss of habitat

Geospatial

Deforestation

Flood

Infrastructure

Thermal Heat Index

Land conversion from natural vegetation