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Available at: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/capacity
Available at: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/vulnerability


'''See also''': [[Disaster Risk|<span style="color: fuchsia">Disaster Risk</span>]], [[(Multi-) vulnerability|<span style="color: fuchsia">(Multi-) vulnerability</span>]]
'''See also''': [[Disaster Risk|<span style="color: fuchsia">Disaster Risk</span>]], [[(Multi-) vulnerability|<span style="color: fuchsia">(Multi-) vulnerability</span>]]


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Revision as of 13:21, 8 July 2022

Definition

The conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets, or systems to the impacts of hazards.

Source

UNDRR (2016). Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction

Available at: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/vulnerability

See also: Disaster Risk, (Multi-) vulnerability

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