IRADe developed an Urban Climate Vulnerability Index (UVI) to assess and understand climate vulnerabilities and associated risks. UVI was developed for the cities of Srinagar, Shillong, Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Delhi. The cities were selected on the basis of geographical location, population and ecosystem types and vulnerability to the climate induced hazards.
The climate vulnerability assessment framework covers seven thematic indicators- Physical, hazard, social, demographic, economic, infrastructure and administration vulnerabilities and seventy sub indicators and indices lying under the respective thematic heads. The prevailing vulnerability and preparedness of a specific city is a weighted aggregation of sub-indicators which were quantified, normalized and aggregated to obtain composite