The coastal vulnerability index is a concept created
by Gornitz (1990) to assess the risk of rising sea levels on the
east coast of the USA. Gornitz created a database for analysis
of coastal disasters. In 1999, Thieler and Hammer-Klose
developed a new application of Gornitz’s CVI. By modifying
and reducing the number of variables, the CVI method made
more effective. The CVI concept has been developed,
advanced, and adapted to be pertinent to area characteristics