Vulnerability 048


Vulnerability 048 :

Vulnerability (V) = Hazard Coping, with Hazard = H (Probability of the hazard or process; shock value; predictability; prevalence; intensity/strength); and Coping = C (Perception of risk and potential of an activity; possibilities for trade; private trade, open trade). Determinants of disaster vulnerability: demographic factors: population growth, urbanization, settlements near coastal areas, etc., the state of economic development: poverty, modernization processes, environmental changes: climate changes, degradation and depletion of resources (straightening the courses of rivers, deforestation, etc.); political factors, an increase in tangible assets, which leads to an increase in damages, effects of disaster protection structures and research, and the interactions of the causes of disasters. (Feldbrügge and von Braun, 2002)

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