Community Based Vulnerability Assessment - MDC
Sep 05, 2005 · Introduction Every community faces the risk of being struck by a disaster of one type or another, including natu- ral disasters such as floods, hurricanes, ice-storms, wildfires and earthquakes, or technological dis-
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