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Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 2 Weight for Socio-economic vulnerability factors

From: Geospatial approach for assessment of vulnerability to flood in local self governments

Sl no Function Weight Sl no Function Weight
1 Age 0.668   Other roofs 0.655
Age less than 14 0.473 6 Condition of house 0.387
Age greater than 65 0.473   Good 0.068
Age between 14 to 65 0.052   Livable 0.249
2 Gender 0.088   Dilapidated 0.681
Male 0.25 7 Employment 0.694
Female 0.75 8 Occupancy 0.179
3 Persons per house 0.243   Landlords 0.16
Members Less than 5 0.125   Tenants 0.833
Members Greater than 4 0.875 9 Illiterates 0.126
4 Building function 0.443 10 Land use 0.088
Residential 0.125   Built up 0.681
Commercial 0.875   Agriculture 0.249
5 Roof type of buildings 0.169   Barren 0.068
Concrete roof 0.054 11 Population density 0.668
Tiled Roof 0.289 12 Building density 0.243
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