Jahangirnagar University Planning Review ISSN 1728-4198 Vol.17, June, 2019, pp. 31-44 1 Mohammad Shariful Islam Urban Planner, Bhairab Municipality, Ministry of LGRD& Cooperatives, Bangladesh. Email: planner.sharif@gmail.com 2 Fatema Akter Project Coordinator, National Grassroots Disable Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: mukta_955@yahoo.com 3 Tanjin Binte Sharif Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, Marks Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: tanjin.sharif@gmail.com Assessing the Vulnerability of a Coastal Community to Storm Surge: The Case of Barangay Baseco, City of Manila Mohammad Shariful Islam 1 FatemaAkter 2 Tanjin Binte Sharif 3 Abstract Disasters in the form of typhoon and storm surge-induced flooding can be very destructive for coastal communities. This study aims to assess the vulnerability of a coastal community (BASECO, Port Area of Manila Bay) in the City of Manila to storm surge. The framework to assess vulnerability was adapted from the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) method, which followed the concept of vulnerability provided by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007). The study incorporates socioeconomic factors and storm surge characteristics to ascertain the leading factors of vulnerability from a household perspective. Study finding was drawn from questionnaire survey, key informant interview, estimation of spatial attributes and applicable published census data. The results show that the community BASECO is highly vulnerable to storm surge impacts with an overall vulnerability score of 0.74 out of 1.00. While exposure is moderate with an index of 0.51 due to coastal flooding and extent of population exposed, sensitivity is high with 0.61 and adaptive capacity with 0.38 index value. Key Words: Barangay, Capacity, Coastal Community, Resilience, Vulnerability