Table 1 Vulnerability indicators
From: Assessing local vulnerability to climate change in Ecuador
Focus | Indicators | Source |
|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | ||
Demographics | Illiteracy rate (+) | NSI |
Population density (+) | NSI | |
Unemployment rate (+) | NSI | |
Socially vulnerable groups | Average number of children per household (+) | NSI |
Proportion of crowded households (+) | NSI | |
Proportion of population 0–5 years (+) | NSI | |
Proportion of population 65 years or older (+) | NSI | |
Proportion of population with permanent disability (+) | NSI | |
Land | Proportion agricultural land/total land extension (+) | NAC |
Proportion irrigated land/total agricultural land (−) | NSI | |
Adaptive capacity | ||
Physical infrastructure | Proportion of households receiving water through piped system (−) | NSI |
Proportion of households with access to computer (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households with electricity service (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households with garbage collection service (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households with land phone service (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households with proper sanitary facilities (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households with sewage treatment service (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of houses with exclusive room for kitchen (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of houses with exclusive sanitary facilities (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of population with internet access (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of population with mobile phone access (−) | NSI | |
Minimum distance to large town (−)a | NSI | |
Economic capability | Average business revenues (−) | EC |
Average energy consumption (Kwh/annum) (−) | EC | |
Average time in business (−) | EC | |
Proportion of population working in own business (−) (amb) | NSI | |
Proportion of households on agriculture owning land (+) | NSI | |
Proportion of population working agriculture, hunting or fisheries (+) | NSI | |
Tax revenues per capita (−) | NSI | |
Human capital | Hospital beds per capita (−) | HRAC |
Population per medical doctor (+) | HRAC | |
Average number of years of scholarity for head of household (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households living on owned house (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of households where head is female (+) | NSI | |
Proportion of population under social security coverage (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of population with private health insurance (−) | NSI | |
Proportion of population affected by disasters (+) | DIMS | |
Institutional capacity | Funds for environmental protection per capita (−) | EMS |
Institutional capacity index (−) | EMS | |