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Table 6 The climate change vulnerability index and its components

From: Mapping vulnerability to climate change and its repercussions on human health in Pakistan

Agro-ecological zones

Exposure (E)

Sensitivity (S)

Lack of adaptive capacity (1-A)

Climate change vulnerability index

Rank

Other Balochistan

0.60

0.58

0.92

0.70

1

Low-Intensity Punjab

0.54

0.54

0.79

0.62

2

Cotton/Wheat Sindh

0.53

0.63

0.66

0.61

3

Other KPK

0.39

0.37

0.75

0.50

4

Cotton/Wheat Punjab

0.31

0.47

0.53

0.44

5

Rice/Other Sindh

0.47

0.45

0.36

0.43

6

Mixed Punjab

0.37

0.40

0.45

0.41

7

Barani (Rain-Fed) Punjab

0.54

0.29

0.18

0.34

8

Rice/Wheat Punjab

0.39

0.28

0.22

0.30

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