Flood vulnerability index as a knowledge base for flood risk assessment in urban area

Climate change leads to increasing urban flooding hazard. Due to the extent of flooding impacts there is a need to improve methods in flood risk management. One of the most important sections of flood management is assessing flood vulnerability in urban scale. A lot of studies have been done on the flood hazard, including flood vulnerability assessment because understanding of vulnerability is not only vital for the existence of the exposed societies to extreme floods, but also for their adaptation to climate change. For achieving this goal one approach is developing a Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI).Vulnerability index, will determine which areas are most vulnerable to flooding those should be considered in the future redevelopments. That means FVI produces a relationship between the theoretical perceptions of flood vulnerability and the daily management process. This study is mainly based on the literature on flooding vulnerability.