Sajjad,

Vulnerability and resilience of a community to disasters have many dimensions (i.e., social, economic, environmental, infrastructure, etc.). And there are multiple indicators, models and frameworks that have been developed in the last couple of decades. The concepts are far from new to the disaster science field, and significant advancements were made too.

For social vulnerability, I would recommend you read Cutter et al. (2003), it is one of the most recognized social vulnerability models in the States.

https://scholar.google.com.eg/scholar?q=sovi+social+vulnerability+index&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&p=&u=%23p%3DYJ5jLSoBhUMJ

Burton et al. (2014) developed and validated a multidimensional resilience model for disaster recovery.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267796337_A_Validation_of_Metrics_for_Community_Resilience_to_Natural_Hazards_and_Disasters_Using_the_Recovery_from_Hurricane_Katrina_as_a_Case_Study

There are different other models and attempts, for example Mavhura and Collins (2017).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718517302671

Or Cutter et al (2008) framework for disaster resilience (DROP model).

The listed research are just pointers and many others can definitely be found.

Best of luck

Mohamed

Hi,

Following publication may help you

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-017-2774-x

https://iwaponline.com/wst/article-abstract/60/10/2571/17742/Flood-vulnerability-indices-at-varying-spatial?redirectedFrom=fulltext

V. Daksiya

The resilience concept in Disaster Science is NOT new! You need to read a bit more on its history. There are three issues that are normally considered together, Vis, risk, vulnerability and resilience. These are not synonymous though. Good luck in your research work.

Here is our latest paper on Risk-resilience-sustainability nexus. We employ a hazard-vulnerability-resilience approach for risk evaluation of coastal communities to natural hazards.

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