I am developing the Human Vulnerability Index.
If you have some ideas about this issue, please let me know.
The HVI was originally developed when I was doing research on the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) disaster in 2011. I needed to compare the disaster impact by municipality for not only the 2011 tsunami but also the 1896, 1933, and 1960 tsunamis. However, it was difficult to compare because geographical and population sizes are different by municipality. So the HVI was developed. A member of JAEE thankfully recognized this for the applications.
The following are just some parts; I will disclose the details in the paper and post the link here in the near future.
1. The HVI can be applied to compare the municipalities not only for the GEJET disaster but also with the historical tsunami events and clarify the historical trends.
2. The recurrent HVI was calculated by a ridge regression analysis using the evacuation-related factors, which this paper estimated based on some theories, such as the PAR model.
3. The HVI was also applied to two international cases: the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.
The HVI-related paper was published with Dr.Yozo Goto.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329961277_HUMAN_VULNERABILITY_INDEX_FOR_EVALUATING_TSUNAMI_EVACUATION_CAPABILITY_OF_COMMUNITIES_Eng_Version
