Studying risk and vulnerability entails the development of quantitative, qualitative, and geospatial models, methods, and support tools. The purpose of these tools is to communicate the vulnerability of both human communities and natural ecosystems to hazard events or long-term land change. Modeling risk and vulnerability requires analyses of community sensitivity to hazards, an understanding of geographic distributions of people and infrastructure, and accurate calculation of the probability of specific disturbances occurring.
Studying risk and vulnerability entails the development of quantitative qualitative and geospatial models methods and support tools The purpose of these tools is to communicate the vulnerability of both human communities and natural ecosystems to hazard events or long-term land change Modeling risk and vulnerability requires analyses of community sensitivity to hazards an understanding of geographic distributions of people and infrastructure and accurate calculation of the probability of specific disturbances occurring