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Vulnerability
From Disaster Risk Gateway
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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