A multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events on the Pacific coast of Mexico

The study identifies Guasave and Escuinapa as the most vulnerable municipalities to extreme rainfall events in Sinaloa, Mexico, using a model that weights geographic exposure and economic conditions as the primary determinants of vulnerability.

• The vulnerability assessment identified Geographic exposure (weighted at 0.43) and Economic conditions (weighted at 0.34) as the primary determinants of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events.
• Using both standardized values and the integral vulnerability index (IVI), the municipalities of Guasave and Escuinapa were found to be the most vulnerable, while Culiacán and San Ignacio were the least vulnerable.
• While coastal population was the primary determinant of vulnerability with a median of 0.57, other indicators related to severity and response capacity also contributed to higher IVI scores.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). A multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events on the Pacific coast of Mexico. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/a-multicriteria-assessment-of-vulnerability-to-extreme-rainfall-events-on-the-pacific-coast-of-mexico/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. A multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events on the Pacific coast of Mexico. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/a-multicriteria-assessment-of-vulnerability-to-extreme-rainfall-events-on-the-pacific-coast-of-mexico/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |title=A multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events on the Pacific coast of Mexico |date=9 January 2025 |url=https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/a-multicriteria-assessment-of-vulnerability-to-extreme-rainfall-events-on-the-pacific-coast-of-mexico/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025multicriteria, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{A multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events on the Pacific coast of Mexico}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/a-multicriteria-assessment-of-vulnerability-to-extreme-rainfall-events-on-the-pacific-coast-of-mexico/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }