Vulnerability And Exposure Of Assets To Climate Change Related Hazards Models On Different Levels

To effectively anticipate, react to, and recover from the impacts of climate change related hazards on infrastructures, building, and systems or subsystems of assets, it is imperative to implement proper adaptation actions. Precision in these adaptation measures is crucial for improving systems' resilience. To achieve this, a primary step involves modelling the risk of physical damage to these assets or systems of assets due to climate change related hazards. The estimation of physical damage is feasible through the modelling of exposure and vulnerability and the associated uncertainties. For adaptation actions to be effective, they must exhibit consistency across different levels. Actors of adaptation need to have a clear vision of actions relevant to their specific level, while being able to consider broader or narrower ones. This implies that there is a need for a clear vision of risk among various levels and well-defined underlying models, including exposure models, vulnerability models, and the associated uncertainty. This paper proposes vulnerability and exposure models that can adapt to different levels.