Add to ORKGThe aims of this paper are to suggest a preliminary sociological definition of vulnerability to disasters, to discuss this notion in relation to different levels of sociosystemic complexity and, only for heuristic purposes, to present a tentative and synthetic conceptual schema for the assessment of the overall vulnerability of a social (sub) system
In this paper it is proposed a new version of social vulnerability indexes to natural and technologi...
In attempting to explain the reasons why socio-natural disasters bring with them a chain of disastro...
This paper discusses the bases of theory in the evaluation of social vulnerability to disasters. Vul...
International audienceThere is a continuing need for disaster risk reduction strategies to shift emp...
This chapter reviews the literature on vulnerability. Together with Chapter 3, that offers a literat...
The impact of disasters understood as extreme events that cause great damage, destruction, and hum...
The aim of this communication is to propose a systemic model to analyse the vulnerability and resili...
In the field of disaster management, the term ‘vulnerability assessment’ is known to contribute towa...
International audienceThe use of vulnerability as a main concept, especially as an essential compone...
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), disasters are events wh...
Human societies and territories have always been confronted with hazards and risks, which are occasi...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
Natural disasters (predominantly those linked to meteorological and geophysical changes) prevail amo...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
This paper discusses the bases of theory in the evaluation of social vulnerability to disasters. Vul...
In this paper it is proposed a new version of social vulnerability indexes to natural and technologi...
In attempting to explain the reasons why socio-natural disasters bring with them a chain of disastro...
This paper discusses the bases of theory in the evaluation of social vulnerability to disasters. Vul...
International audienceThere is a continuing need for disaster risk reduction strategies to shift emp...
This chapter reviews the literature on vulnerability. Together with Chapter 3, that offers a literat...
The impact of disasters understood as extreme events that cause great damage, destruction, and hum...
The aim of this communication is to propose a systemic model to analyse the vulnerability and resili...
In the field of disaster management, the term ‘vulnerability assessment’ is known to contribute towa...
International audienceThe use of vulnerability as a main concept, especially as an essential compone...
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), disasters are events wh...
Human societies and territories have always been confronted with hazards and risks, which are occasi...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
Natural disasters (predominantly those linked to meteorological and geophysical changes) prevail amo...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
This paper discusses the bases of theory in the evaluation of social vulnerability to disasters. Vul...
In this paper it is proposed a new version of social vulnerability indexes to natural and technologi...
In attempting to explain the reasons why socio-natural disasters bring with them a chain of disastro...
This paper discusses the bases of theory in the evaluation of social vulnerability to disasters. Vul...