Vulnerability
Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly. The approach of vulnerability in itself brings great expectations of social policy and gerontological planning. Types of vulnerability include social, cognitive, environmental, emotional or military.In relation to hazards and disasters, vulnerability is a concept that links the relationship that people have with their environment to social forces and institutions and the cultural values that sustain and contest them. "The concept of vulnerability expresses the multi-dimensionality of disasters by focusing attention on the totality of relationships in a given social situation which constitute a condition that, in combination with environmental forces, produces a disaster". It is also the extent to which changes could harm a system, or to which the community can be affected by the impact of a hazard or exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
Within the body of literature related to vulnerability, one major research stream includes the methodology behind said research, namely measuring and assessing indicators of vulnerability. These include external—sudden shocks and continued stresses—and internal indicators, such as defenselessness or inability to cope with incapacities. Vulnerability research covers a complex, multidisciplinary field including development and poverty studies, public health, climate studies, studies, engineering, geography, political ecology, and disaster risk management. This research is of importance and interest for organizations trying to reduce vulnerability – especially as related to poverty and other Millennium Development Goals. Many institutions are conducting interdisciplinary research on vulnerability. A forum that brings many of the current researchers on vulnerability together is the Expert Working Group (EWG). Researchers are currently working to refine definitions of "vulnerability", measurement and assessment methods, and effective communication of research to decision makers. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA), United Nations Environment Programme
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7The Barbados food consumption and anthropometric survey 2000 The Barbados food consumption and anthropometric survey 2000by FAO, Rome (Italy). Food and Nutrition Div. eng, Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems ( FIVIMS) Secretariat, Rome (Italy) eng, Ministry of Health, St. Michael (Barbados).National Nutrition Centre eng
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8An assessment of existing information systems and databases for a national FIVIMS: Samoa. An overview report, Apia, Samoa, September 2002 An assessment of existing information systems and databases for a national FIVIMS: Samoa. An overview report, Apia, Samoa, September 2002by Enoka, L., FAO, Rome (Italy). Economic and Social Policy Dept. eng, Workshop on the Formulation of a National Food Insecurity Vulnerability Information Strategy for Samoa eng 30 Sep-4 Oct 2002 Apia (Samoa)
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9Formulation of a national FIVIMS strategy for Samoa. End of workshop report, Matautu-uta, Apia, Samoa, 30 September - 4 October 2002 Formulation of a national FIVIMS strategy for Samoa. End of workshop report, Matautu-uta, Apia, Samoa, 30 September - 4 October 2002by Enoka, L., FAO, Rome (Italy). Economic and Social Policy Dept. eng, Workshop on the Formulation of a National Food Insecurity Vulnerability Information Strategy for Samoa eng 30 Sep-4 Oct 2002 Apia (Samoa)
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10Formulation of a national FIVIMS strategy for Fiji. End of workshop report, Suva, Fiji, 16-18 September 2003 Formulation of a national FIVIMS strategy for Fiji. End of workshop report, Suva, Fiji, 16-18 September 2003by Waquabaca, J. K., FAO, Rome (Italy). Economic and Social Policy Dept. eng, Workshop on the Formulation of a National Food Insecurity Vulnerability Information Strategy for Fiji eng 16-18 Sep 2003 Suva (Fiji)
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11Report of the FAO/PaCFA Expert Workshop on Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Available Methodologies and their Relevance for the Sector, Windhoek... Report of the FAO/PaCFA Expert Workshop on Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Available Methodologies and their Relevance for the Sector, Windhoek...by 185034 FAO, Rome (Italy). Fisheries and Aquaculture Dept. eng, 1423211764642 Expert Workshop on Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Available Methodologies and their Relevance for the Sector Windhoek (Namibia) 8-10 Apr 2013 eng
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12by FAO, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific eng, Regional Expert Consultation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Food and Nutrition on Establishment of Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS) eng 20-23 Oct 1998 Bangkok (Thailand)
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13by FAO, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific eng, Regional Expert Consultation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Food and Nutrition on the Follow-up on Establishment of Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems eng 21-24 Nov 2000 Bangkok (Thailand)
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14by Workneh Negatu (ed.), Annual Conference of Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia on Reversing Vulnerability of Rural Livelihoods in Ethiopia eng 7 - 9 Aug 2003 7 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Legesse Dadi (ed.), Abebe Haile Gabriel (ed.), Solomon Bellete (ed.), Berhanu Gebremedhin (ed.)
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15Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS)by Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Inst., Colombo (Sri Lanka) eng 1423211777134, Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems National Workshop eng 24 Jan 2003 1 Colombo (Sri Lanka) 12077, FAO, Rome (Italy). Agricultural and Development Economics Div. eng 1423211768767
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16Vulnerability of soil and groundwater to pollutants Vulnerability of soil and groundwater to pollutantsby Van Duijvenbooden, W. (ed.), National Inst. of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene, Bilthoven (Netherlands) eng, International Conference on Vulnerability of Soil and Groundwater to Pollutants eng 30 Mar - 3 Apr 1987 Noordwijk aan Zee (Netherlands), Van Waegeningh, H.G. (ed.), Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, The Hague (Netherlands). TNO Committee on Hydrological Research eng
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17by UNDP, Bangkok (Thailand). South East Asia HIV and Development Project eng, Reduction of HIV Vulnerability Within the Land Transport Sector: Towards a Public Policy Framework for Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Transport Sector eng 22-23 Nov 1999 Bangkok (Thailand), UNESCAP, Bangkok (Thailand). Transport, Communications, Tourism and Infrastructure Development Division eng, UNAIDS, Geneva (Switzerland) eng
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