of the risk attached to natural phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 35 IV. Questionnaire I -An example of a questionnaire on disaster damage . . . . , . . . . . . . . 39 Questionnaire II - A Survey of industrial establishments to assess the damage caused by recent floods and landslides in the Nilgiris district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Questionnaire III - Proforma for collecting the particulars of damage caused by the recent floods and landslides in Nilgiris from various governmental, semi- government organizations and local bodies . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . 46 I. INTRODUCTION The United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator, Mr. Faruk N. Rerkol, convened an Expert Group Meeting on Vulnerability Analysis which was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 9 to 12 July 1979. The meeting was attended by specially invited experts, by representa- tives of U.N. Agencies and other organizations concerned with natural disasters, and by staff of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator (UNDRO). The Agenda for the meeting is given in Annex I and a list of participants is given in Annex II. Opening the meeting, the Co-ordinator welcomed the participants and stressed the funda- mental importance of applying vulnerability analysis prior to the development of any locality, 