Vulnerability 008
Vulnerability 008 :
"A measure of the degree and type of exposure to risk generated by different societies in relation to hazards (Cannon 1994, 16)". Vulnerability is a characteristic of individuals and groups of people who inhabit a given natural, social and economic space, within which they are differentiated according to their varying position in society into more or less vulnerable individuals and groups. It is a complex characteristic produced by a combination of factors derived especially (but not entirely) from class, gender and ethnicity. Differences in these socio-economic factors result in hazards having a different degree of impact. (Cannon 1994, 19)
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