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International State of the Art. Vulnerability. Defencelessness, insecurity ( internal vulnerability ); exposure to risk, shock ( external vulnerability ) (Chambers).
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Vulnerability • Defencelessness, insecurity (internal vulnerability); exposure to risk, shock (external vulnerability) (Chambers). • The characteristics of a person or group in terms of their capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from impacts of a hazard (Blaikie et al). • Production, consumption, assets and claims (entitlement theory) (Swift). • Vulnerability is multi-layered and multidimensional social space defined by the determinate political, economic and institutional capabilities of people in specific places at specific times (Watts and Bohle). • Vulnerability and capacity/resilience: protection of one’s livelihood (Anderson/Woodrow).
Resilience/Resistance/Persistence • Ability to withstand a shock/perturbation • Coping /adaptive capacity Recovery from Negative effects Diversification Human and Financial Resources Exploiting Opportunities
Identifying, assessing, monitoring risks and vulnerability assessment
Schematic Outline of Vulnerability Exposure to Hazards and Threats LACK OF ACCESS Health Services Credit Information Etc… LACK OF RESOURCES Income Assets Social Support Etc… Increased Vulnerability Reduced Capacity to Cope and Recover (After Wisner)
Reduction in levels of risk and vulnerability through • Integrated, • Multidisciplinary, • Multi-sectoral, • Consultative, and • Transversal processes