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Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1006 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social vulnerability & Vulnerability.read more
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Mapping tsunami vulnerability for mataram city in lombok island – indonesia: a physical and socioeconomic assessment
TL;DR: Penelitian in this paper bertujuan mengidentifikasikan lokasi paling rentan terhadap resiko bencana tsunami di Kota Mataram dengan menggunakan analisa sistem informasi geografis (GIS).
Social Vulnerability and Hurricane Evacuation Behavior in Hampton Roads, VA: Emergency Management Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Low-to-Moderate Income Households in a Social Construction Paradigm
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative case study of emergency management policies, practices, and perceived household evacuation behaviors in several cities of Hampton Roads, Virginia is presented, where the authors used the phenomenological method of inquiry to obtain information about experiences and practices of EM practitioners and stakeholders.
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Vulnerable Populations in Hospital and Health Care Emergency Preparedness Planning: A Comprehensive Framework for Inclusion.
Debra Kreisberg,Deborah S.K. Thomas,Morgan Valley,Shannon Newell,Enessa Janes,Charles M. Little +5 more
TL;DR: A conceptual framework that provides a model for the inclusion of vulnerable populations into integrated health care and public health preparedness is described and applied to a pilot study, supporting best practices for a community resilience approach to disaster preparedness.
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Medición de la vulnerabilidad social: propuesta de un índice para el estudio de barrios vulnerables a la violencia en América Latina
TL;DR: In this article, a social vulnerability index of households and neighborhoods in the presence of urban violence, called SOVI, was built from a conceptual and methodological reflection of factors that could potentially shape it.
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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Default Risk: Empirical Evidence from US Firms
TL;DR: The authors investigated the risk mitigation effects of engagement in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities by using data from 1,119 non-financial US firms between 2000 and 2012 and found evidence that firms with higher CSR activity scores experience lower probability of default.
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A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters
Susan L. Cutter,Lindsey Barnes,Melissa Berry,Christopher G. Burton,Elijah Evans,Eric Tate,Jennifer J. Webb +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the disaster resilience of place (DROP) model is proposed to improve comparative assessments of disaster resilience at the local or community level, and a candidate set of variables for implementing the model are also presented as a first step towards its implementation.
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Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a methodology and a set of indicators for measuring baseline characteristics of communities that foster resilience by establishing baseline conditions, it becomes possible to monitor changes in resilience over time in particular places and to compare one place to another.
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A Social Vulnerability Index for Disaster Management
TL;DR: In this article, the development of a social vulnerability index (SVI) from 15 census variables at the census tract level for use in emergency management is described, and the potential value of the SVI by exploring the impact of Hurricane Katrina on local populations.
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Mapping community determinants of heat vulnerability.
Colleen E. Reid,Marie S. O'Neill,Carina J. Gronlund,Shannon J. Brines,Daniel G. Brown,Ana V. Diez-Roux,Jennifer Schwartz +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence that heat waves can result in both increased deaths and illness is substantial, and concern over this issue is rising because of climate change as discussed by the authors, and adverse health impacts from h...
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A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a Coastal City Flood Vulnerability Index (CCFVI) based on exposure, susceptibility and resilience to coastal flooding, which is applied to nine cities around the world, each with different kinds of exposure.