Flood-related health risk assessment.

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Reihentitel
Impressum
Abstract
Kurzfassung
Acknowledgement
Table of contents
	List of acronyms
1 INTRODUCTION
	1.1 Background
	1.2 Reseach problem
	1.3 Description of study area
		1.3.1 Natural conditions of Hoi An City
		1.3.2 Population
		1.3.3 Sanitation status in Hoi An City
		1.3.4 Flood situation in Hoi An
	1.4 Research objectives
	1.5 Overview of methodology
	1.6 Structure of the report
2 THEORETICAL BASIS
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Flooding and the impact on health
		2.2.1 Flood nature and trends
		2.2.2 The impact of flood on heath
	2.3 Conceptual frame to assess flood-related health risk
		2.3.1 Risk terminology
		2.3.2 Health risk assessment framework and vulnerability indicators
	2.4 Risk factors for potential health outcome from flooding
	2.5 Recent studies with relevance to Hoi An City
3 FLOOD IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN HOI AN CITY
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Method
		3.2.1 Site selection and sampling
		3.2.2 The survey
		3.2.3 Questionnaire structure
		3.2.4 Data analysis
	3.3 Results and discussion
		3.3.1 Characteristics of study population
		3.3.2 Impact of flood on sanitation
		3.3.3 Impact of flood on water supply
		3.3.4 Impact on health due to communicable diseases in the flood
	3.4 Concluding remarks
4 HEALTH SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Method
		4.2.1 Variable identification
		4.2.2 Conversion of variables into indicators and collecting the data on indicators
		4.2.3 Indicator standardization
		4.2.4 Calculating the Health Susceptibility Index
	4.3 Results and discussion
		4.3.1 Susceptibility variables associated with communicable diseases
		4.3.2 Conversion of variables into susceptibility indicators
		4.3.3 Health susceptibility index
	4.4 Concluding remarks
5 FLOOD-RELATED HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Method
		5.2.1 Flood hazard analysis
		5.2.2 Health vulnerability analysis
	5.3 Results and discussion
		5.3.1 Flood hazard assessment
		5.3.2 Health vulnerability assessment
		5.3.3 Health risk assessment
	5.4 Concluding remarks
6 EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Evaluation with observed data
	6.3 Discussion of the methodology of health risk assessment
7 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Conclusions
	7.3 Recommendations
8 BIBLIOGRAPHY
9 ANNEX
	Annex 1
	Annex 2
	Annex 3
	Annex 4
	Annex 5
Schriftenreihe WASSER • ABWASSER • UMWELT
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