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Understanding Vulnerability Factors

Vulnerability is defined as the degree of loss resulting from natural phenomena, measured on a scale from 0 to 1. It encompasses multiple dimensions including physical, social, economic, environmental, and human factors. Four key determinants of societal vulnerability are initial well-being, infrastructure strength, occupation in risky areas, and environmental degradation.

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Understanding Vulnerability Factors

Vulnerability is defined as the degree of loss resulting from natural phenomena, measured on a scale from 0 to 1. It encompasses multiple dimensions including physical, social, economic, environmental, and human factors. Four key determinants of societal vulnerability are initial well-being, infrastructure strength, occupation in risky areas, and environmental degradation.

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Definitions of vulnerability

“The degree of loss to a given element at risk or set of elements at


risk resulting from the occurrence of a natural phenomenon of a given
magnitude and expressed on a scale from 0 (no damage) to 1 (total
damage)” ( UNDRO, 1991) [UNDRO = Office of the United Nations. Disaster.
Relief Co-ordinator]
Vulnerability is a multi-dimensional

Physical: Social: Economic: Environment:


Human factor:
Impact on Impacts of events on Impacts of Impacts of
Impacts on
the built groups such as the hazards on events on the
human to cope
environment poor, single parent economic environment
the situation
and households, pregnant assets
population or lactating women,
the handicapped,
children, and elderly
Physical

Environment

Economic

Social

Human factor
What 4 factors are used to determine the vulnerability of a
society?
Initial well-being, strength and resilience (high mortality
rates, malnutrition, disease) Weak infrastructure, such as
buildings, sanitation, electricity supply, roads and
transportation. Occupation in a risky area (insecure/ risk-
prone sources of livelihood) Degradation of the
environment and inability to protect it.

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