Table 1.
The selected SETS flood vulnerability indicators together with their source.
| No | Category | Variables | Abbrevation | Data sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social exposure | Total population | PT | www.worldpop.org (assessed in March 2023) |
| 2 | Population density | PD | www.worldpop.org (assessed in March 2023) | |
| 3 | Social sensitivity | Percentage of children <5 years | PC | www.worldpop.org (assessed in March 2023) |
| 4 | Percentage of population >65 years | PO | www.worldpop.org (assessed in March 2023) | |
| 5 | Social adaptive capacity |
Percentage of women | PW | www.worldpop.org (assessed in March 2023) |
| 6 | Percentage of people who are unemployed | PU | ACA 2020 | |
| 7 | Ecological exposure | Slope variation | S | ASTER- Global DEM with 12.5 m size grids.USGS: (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/)(accessed in February 2023. |
| 8 | The proximity of ecosystem to toxic release sites | PE | Adama City Environmental Protection Bureau, field visit, and google earth digitization |
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| 9 | Ecological sensitivity | Combination of shape index and average patch size | SP | Developed from ACA vegetation layers, field visit, and google earth digitization |
| 10 | Percentage of bare soil within the area | BS | World Land Resource Center, Ethiopia | |
| 11 | Ecological adaptive capacity |
Percentage of wetland within the area | W | Adama City Environmental Protection Bureau, field visit, and google earth digitization |
| 12 | Productivity based on Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index (NDVI) | PNDVI | Sentinel-2A Satellite Image with 10 m size grids. Downloaded from USGS (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) acquired in February 2023 | |
| 13 | Technological exposure | Building area (percentage of building area within the area) | BA | ESRI: https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/Landover/.acquired in February 2023 |
| 14 | Critical infrastructure (CI) (wastewater, polluted industries, gas terminal) in the area | CI | Adama City Environmental Protection Bureau, field visit, google earth digitization |
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| 15 | Technological sensitivity | Road density | RD | ACA, field visit, google earth digitization |
| 16 | Fractional Impervious surface | FIS | Developed from NDVI (Sentinel-2A Satellite Image with 10 m size grids. Downloaded from USGS (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) assessed in February 2023) | |
| 17 | Technological adaptive capacity |
Green Infrastructure (GI) density | GI | ACA, Field visit, google earth digitization |
| 18 | Emergency centers (distance of emergency centers (e.g., hospitals, schools, community centers)) | EC | ACA, Field visit, google earth digitization |