Table 1 CVI formulations applied to low-lying coasts.
From: Improvement of a coastal vulnerability index and its application along the Calabria Coastline, Italy
Method | Reference | Geographical location | Variables | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Dwarakish et al.8 | India | Geomorphology, shoreline change, coastal slope, mean tidal range, mean significant wave height, mean sea level rise | 6 Geological and physical variables |
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Appeaning Addo14 | Ghana | Geology, geomorphology, elevation, relative sea-level rise rates, shoreline recession rates, tide range, mean wave height | 7 Geological and physical variables |
Improved coastal vulnerability index (ICVI) | El-Hattab16 | Nile Delta | Geology, elevation, coastal slope, geomorphology, shoreline change, presence of coastal protection, relative sea level rise, land subsidence, population density, socio-economic status | 10 Geologic, physical and socio-economic variables |
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Sekovsky et al.20 | Italy | Elevation, dunes, artificial protection structures, shoreline change rates, land cover | 5 Physical variables |
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Mani Murali et al.24 | India | Slope, geomorphology, elevation, shoreline change, sea level rise, significant wave height tidal range, population, land use/land cover, roads and location of tourist areas | 7 Physical and 4 socio-economic variables; combination of physical vulnerability index (PVI) and socio-economic vulnerability index (SVI) |
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Bagdanavičiūtė et al.39 | Lituania | Shoreline change, beach width/height, underwater slope, sand bars, and beach sediments, significant wave heigh | 5 Geologic and physical variables |
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Pramanik et al.40 | Mumbai | Shoreline change, coastal elevation, coastal slope, geomorphology, bathymetry, sea level rise, significant wave eight, mean tidal range, LU/LC, population density, tourist density, fisherfolk density | 5 Geological, 3 physical and 4 socio-economic variables |
Coastal vulnerability index (CVI) | Gaki-Papanastassiou et al.41 | Greece | Geomorphology, coastal slope, rate of relative, sea-level rise, ate of shoreline erosion/accretion, mean tide range, mean significant wave height | 6 Geologic and physical variables |
Coastal sensitive index (cSI) | Karymbalis et al.42 | Greece | Geomorphology, coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level rise, rate of shoreline erosion/accretion, mean tide range, mean significant wave height | 6 Geologic and physical variables |
CVI and SVI | Tragaki et al.43 | Greece | Geomorphology, shoreline change, coastal slope, relative sea level rise, significant wave height, tidal range; population density, share of women in total population, share of persons above 65 in total population, share of children below 5 in total population, share of foreign-born in total population, share of low educated in total population | 6 Geologic and physical variables and 7 social variables; coastal vulnerability index (CVI) and social vulnerability Index (SVI) |
