Social vulnerability

In its broadest sense, social vulnerability is one dimension of vulnerability to multiple stressors and shocks, including abuse, social exclusion and natural hazards. Social vulnerability refers to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts from multiple stressors to which they are exposed. These impacts are due in part to characteristics inherent in social interactions, institutions, and systems of cultural values.

Social vulnerability is an interdisciplinary topic that connects social, health, and environmental fields of study. As it captures the susceptibility of a system or an individual to respond to external stressors like pandemics or natural disasters, many studies of social vulnerability are found in risk management literature.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Dashy, Nicole; Peacock, Walter Gillis; Morrow, Betty Hearn (2012). "Social Systems, Ecological Networks and Disasters: Toward a Socio-Political Ecology of Disasters". In Gillis Peacock, Walter; Gladwin, Hugh; Hearn Morrow, Betty (eds.). Hurricane Andrew. pp. 40–55. doi:10.4324/9780203351628-11. ISBN 978-0-203-35162-8.
^ Anderson, Mary B; Woodrow, Peter J (1998). Rising From the Ashes: Development Strategies in Times of Disaster. London: IT Publications. ISBN 978-1-85339-439-3. OCLC 878098209.^{[page needed]}
^ Alwang, Jeffrey; Siegel, PaulB.; Jorgensen, Steen (June 2001). Vulnerability: a view from different disciplines (PDF) (Report).
^ Conway, Tim; Norton, Andy (November 2002). "Nets, Ropes, Ladders and Trampolines: The Place of Social Protection within Current Debates on Poverty Reduction". Development Policy Review. 20 (5): 533–540. doi:10.1111/1467-7679.00188.

[1] Dashy, Nicole; Peacock, Walter Gillis; Morrow, Betty Hearn (2012). "Social Systems, Ecological Networks and Disasters: Toward a Socio-Political Ecology of Disasters". In Gillis Peacock, Walter; Gladwin, Hugh; Hearn Morrow, Betty (eds.). Hurricane Andrew. pp. 40–55. doi:10.4324/9780203351628-11. ISBN 978-0-203-35162-8.

[2] Anderson, Mary B; Woodrow, Peter J (1998). Rising From the Ashes: Development Strategies in Times of Disaster. London: IT Publications. ISBN 978-1-85339-439-3. OCLC 878098209.^{[page needed]}

[3] Alwang, Jeffrey; Siegel, PaulB.; Jorgensen, Steen (June 2001). Vulnerability: a view from different disciplines (PDF) (Report).

[4] Conway, Tim; Norton, Andy (November 2002). "Nets, Ropes, Ladders and Trampolines: The Place of Social Protection within Current Debates on Poverty Reduction". Development Policy Review. 20 (5): 533–540. doi:10.1111/1467-7679.00188.

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