Geospatial Multicriteria Analysis for Earthquake Risk Assessment: Case Study of Fujairah City in the UAE

Table 5

Weights and ranks of the reviewed factors for vulnerability assessment.

Vulnerability assessment based on	Thematic layers	Class value	Rank	Weights
Spatial Euclidean distances	Distance from shoreline	1-3 km	9	5%
		3-5 km	5
		5-8 km	3
		≥9 km	1
	Distance from the schools (for evacuation)	1-2 km	1	7%
		2-4 km	3
		4-6 km	5
		6-8 km	7
	Distance from roads	0.5-1.5 km	1	25%
		1.5-2.5 km	3
		2.5-3.5 km	5
		≥3.5 km	9
	Distance from hospitals	1-2 km	1	7%
		2-4 km	3
		4-6 km	5
		6-8 km	7
		≥9 km	9
	Distance from residences	Houses	9	20%
		No houses	1
Topographic factors	Slope (degrees)	30<	9	6%
		15-30	7
		10-15	5
		0-10	3
	Confined area	Confined	9	20%
		Not confined	1
Hydrology	Distance from streams	0.5-1.5 km	9	10%
		1.5-2.5 km	5
		2.5-3.5 km	3
		>3.5 km	1