Natural Hazards and Social Vulnerability of Place: The Strength-Based Approach Applied to Wollongong, Australia

Natural Hazards and Social Vulnerability of Place: The Strength-Based Approach Applied to Wollongong, Australia

Abstract Natural hazards pose significant threats to different communities and various places around the world. Failing to identify and support the most vulnerable communities is a recipe for disaster. Many studies have proposed social vulnerability indices for measuring both the sensitivity of a po...

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Main Authors: Robert I. Ogie, Biswajeet Pradhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Subjects:
Australia
Disaster vulnerability
Natural hazard
Placed-based model
Sense of community
Strength-based approach
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-019-0224-y

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