TABLE 3.

Selected studies that used the Methods for the Improvement of Vulnerability Assessment in Europe framework to develop a study-specific or extended framework.

Research studies	Scientific discourse	Factors/ dimensions	Case study	Type of hazard	Spatial context
Hamidi et al. (2022) for vulnerability assessment	Disaster risk	Factors	Charsadda, Pakistan	Flooding	Local (Rural)
Ramli et al. (2021) for integrated risk and vulnerability assessment	Disaster risk	Dimensions	Malaysia	Multi-hazard	Multiple spatial scales (state, district, municipal and mukim)
Jamshed et al. (2020b) for vulnerability assessment based dynamics of rural-urban linkages because of flooding	Disaster risk and climate change	Factors and dimensions	Pakistan	Flooding	Local (both rural and urban)
Kloos et al. (2015) for multi-hazard risk and vulnerability assessment	Disaster risk and climate change	Factors and dimensions	West African Sudanian Savanna zones	Multi-hazard	Multiple spatial scales
IPCC (2014) for risk and vulnerability assessment natural and climatic hazards	Disaster risk and climate change	Factors	NA	Multiple natural and climatic hazards	Multiple spatial scales