Identifying vulnerability indicators to climate change of rural fresh water and sanitation

Rural fresh water and sanitation (RFWS) is one of important issues, especially in the context of climate change (CC). This work aims to establish vulnerability indicators to CC of RFWS via exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity indicators. By literature review and expert methods, 53 indicators were established, including 22 variables reflecting exposure level (divided into 07 groups related to temperature, precipitation, saltwater intrusion, storm, flood, riverbank landslide, and drought), 12 variables of sensitivity (divided into 03 groups of population, water supply and waste treatment, and environment characteristics), and finally 19 variables of the adaptive capacity (facilities and human). Research results are expected as an important basis for a comprehensive vulnerability assessment of RFWS in the context of CC and for proposing management solutions.