Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tools
The Center provides several products to help local and state officials learn about and perform vulnerability assessments for their communities. These products, which have evolved to meet user needs and incorporate new technologies, help determine the vulnerability of people, property, and natural resources to coastal hazards. This information is used to help develop and prioritize mitigation strategies.
- Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool, or CVAT – An informational aid, piloted in coastal North Carolina and widely used by communities, that guides efforts to reduce hazard vulnerability.
- Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool – A tool that adds interactive mapping and other features to the CVAT methodology.
- Vulnerability Assessment Techniques and Applications – A Web site that provides information on assessments and opportunities to network with practitioners and researchers.
- Training – A customizable, one-day course designed to help coastal managers use CVAT to assess a community's risk and vulnerability to hazards.
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