Open AccessComparative social vulnerability assessment in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Sumita Gayen,
Ismael Vallejo Villalta,
Sk. Mafizul Haque
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of geography/european journal of geography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2410-7433
pISSN - 1792-1341
DOI - 10.48088/ejg.s.gay.11.1.93.107
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , social vulnerability , west bengal , vulnerability assessment , geography , work (physics) , environmental planning , socioeconomics , environmental resource management , sociology , engineering , computer science , medicine , computer security , environmental science , psychological intervention , mechanical engineering , psychiatry
Social vulnerability assessment is an important element for disaster risk reduction system. Social vulnerability depends on physical, social, economic, environmental factors, etc., which determine the susceptibility of community against the impact of hazards. Over the past two decades, social vulnerability has been measured by using different methodologies. The present work portrays a comparative assessment of social vulnerability methodologies in the Purba Medinipur district located in the eastern part of India. Different standardization techniques of data transformation like, Z score, maximum value, and min-max rescaling have been employed to compare and examine social vulnerability in the study area. The principal aim of this work is to analyze the results between the three methodologies adopted, and identify the vulnerable blocks in the district. The result shows that relationships between three methodologies are moderately strong to very strong and Sutahata block is identified as the most vulnerable block in the Purba Medinipur district.