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A '''vulnerability index''' is a measure of the exposure of a population to some hazard. Typically, the index is a composite of multiple quantitative indicators that via some formula, delivers a single numerical result. Through such an index "diverse issues can be combined into a standardised framework...making comparisons possible".<ref name=app6>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/events/ccamts/appendix06.pdf |title=The Climate Vulnerability Index:relevance to the Tourism Sector |access-date=2011-06-23 |archive-date=2012-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316102207/http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/events/ccamts/appendix06.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> For instance, indicators from the [[physical sciences]] can be combined with social, medical and even psychological variables to evaluate potential complications for [[disaster planning]].