As noted in the introduction, there are three essential qualities
that any vulnerability assessment tool should aim to achieve
(Hooke and Pielke, 2000). First, it should provide a range of indicators
that can be used and replicated in different empirical field settings.
Building upon the model developed by Hahn et al. (2009),
the comparison of Caroni and Nariva highlights the merits and
challenges of comparing livelihood vulnerability. On one hand,
the methodology incorporates and compares variables that have