Table 1 Indicators used in earlier vulnerability studies
Study/Author(s)
Major indicators used
Indicators used in the present
study
Vulnerability to agricultural
drought in Western Orissa: A
case study of representative
blocks (Swain and Swain
2011)
Socio-economic indicators
used: irrigation, crops,
marginal farmers, land use
pattern, literacy rate,
population density,
institutional factors, forest
area, total geographic area,
barren and other fallow land
Irrigation, marginal farmers,
literacy rate, population
density, fallow land
Analysis of vulnerability
indices in various
agro-climatic zones of Gujarat
(Hiremath and Shiyani 2013)
Density of population,
literacy rate, cropping
intensity, irrigation, forest
area, food crop, non-food
crop, net sown areas,
livestock population, main
workers, cultivators, marginal
workers, non-workers
Density of population,
literacy rate, cropping
intensity, irrigation, net sown
areas, livestock population,
non-workers
A simple human vulnerability
index to climate change
hazards for Pakistan (Khan
and Salman 2012)
Density of population,
literacy, sanitation, electricity,
livestock
Density of population,
literacy, livestock population
Environmental benefits and
vulnerability reduction
through Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (IISc
2013)
Groundwater depth, cropping
intensity, irrigation intensity,
net area irrigated, number of
days of irrigation water
availability, area under food
grain production, crop yields,
livestock population, soil
organic carbon and soil
erosion, migration, wage
rates, percentage change in
the number of days of
employment, livestock
population
Cropping intensity, irrigation,
livestock population
Climate change impact on
livelihood, vulnerability and
coping mechanisms: a case
study of West Arid Zone,
Ethiopia (Senbeta 2009)
Land size, livestock number,
literacy, sex, gender and age
Livestock number, literacy
Quantitative assessment of
vulnerability to climate
change (ICRISAT 2009)
(http://www.icrisat.org/whatwe-do/impi/training-cc/
october-2-3-2009/
vulnerability-analysismanual.pdf, accessed in Aug
2013)
Cropping intensity, irrigation
area, total food grains (tons)
net sown area, literacy rate,
density of population,
livestock, population, total
food crops area, total no food
crops area, life expectancy
Cropping intensity, irrigation
area, net sown area, literacy
rate, density of population,
livestock population
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Study/Author(s)
Major indicators used
Indicators used in the present
study
Vulnerability to agricultural
drought in Western Orissa: A
case study of representative
blocks (Swain and Swain
2011)
Socio-economic indicators
used: irrigation, crops,
marginal farmers, land use
pattern, literacy rate,
population density,
institutional factors, forest
area, total geographic area,
barren and other fallow land
Irrigation, marginal farmers,
literacy rate, population
density, fallow land
Analysis of vulnerability
indices in various
agro-climatic zones of Gujarat
(Hiremath and Shiyani 2013)
Density of population,
literacy rate, cropping
intensity, irrigation, forest
area, food crop, non-food
crop, net sown areas,
livestock population, main
workers, cultivators, marginal
workers, non-workers
Density of population,
literacy rate, cropping
intensity, irrigation, net sown
areas, livestock population,
non-workers
A simple human vulnerability
index to climate change
hazards for Pakistan (Khan
and Salman 2012)
Density of population,
literacy, sanitation, electricity,
livestock
Density of population,
literacy, livestock population
Environmental benefits and
vulnerability reduction
through Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (IISc
2013)
Groundwater depth, cropping
intensity, irrigation intensity,
net area irrigated, number of
days of irrigation water
availability, area under food
grain production, crop yields,
livestock population, soil
organic carbon and soil
erosion, migration, wage
rates, percentage change in
the number of days of
employment, livestock
population
Cropping intensity, irrigation,
livestock population
Climate change impact on
livelihood, vulnerability and
coping mechanisms: a case
study of West Arid Zone,
Ethiopia (Senbeta 2009)
Land size, livestock number,
literacy, sex, gender and age
Livestock number, literacy
Quantitative assessment of
vulnerability to climate
change (ICRISAT 2009)
(http://www.icrisat.org/whatwe-do/impi/training-cc/
october-2-3-2009/
vulnerability-analysismanual.pdf, accessed in Aug
2013)
Cropping intensity, irrigation
area, total food grains (tons)
net sown area, literacy rate,
density of population,
livestock, population, total
food crops area, total no food
crops area, life expectancy
Cropping intensity, irrigation
area, net sown area, literacy
rate, density of population,
livestock population
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