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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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Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness
Fran H. Norris,Fran H. Norris,Fran H. Norris,Susan P. Stevens,Susan P. Stevens,Susan P. Stevens,Betty Pfefferbaum,Betty Pfefferbaum,Betty Pfefferbaum,Karen Fraser Wyche,Karen Fraser Wyche,Karen Fraser Wyche,Rose L. Pfefferbaum,Rose L. Pfefferbaum,Rose L. Pfefferbaum +14 more
TL;DR: To build collective resilience, communities must reduce risk and resource inequities, engage local people in mitigation, create organizational linkages, boost and protect social supports, and plan for not having a plan, which requires flexibility, decision-making skills, and trusted sources of information that function in the face of unknowns.
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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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Framing vulnerability, risk and societal responses: the MOVE framework
Joern Birkmann,Joern Birkmann,Omar D. Cardona,M. L. Carreño,Alex H. Barbat,Mark Pelling,Mark Pelling,Stefan Schneiderbauer,Stefan Kienberger,Margreth Keiler,David Alexander,Peter Zeil,Torsten Welle +12 more
TL;DR: The framework presented enhances the discussion on how to frame and link vulnerability, disaster risk, risk management and adaptation concepts and shows key linkages between the different concepts used within the disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation research.
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TL;DR: A chronology of key events and figures leading up to and including the publication of the encyclopaedia of iconography and iconoclasts is presented.
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The Long-term Socioeconomic Consequences of the Tisza Flood of 2001 in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary
Boros Lajos,Nagy Gyula +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the changes in the life quality of those who live in the villages and towns affected by the 2001 floods in north-east Hungary, based on statistical data and a survey conducted in nine settlements of the afflicted area.
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Different but also the same mental illness and bushfire planning, preparation and response /
TL;DR: In an exploratory study of five households during the 2014 bushfires in South Australia, those who experienced a more severe illness that effected their social connections and income were more vulnerable as discussed by the authors.
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Mono-Economy and Urban Vulnerability: A Case Study of Pak Phanang Municipality in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between mono-economic growth and urban sensitivity and found that the growth of the mono-economy from bird's nest businesses in the city center caused urban decline due to two significant factors.