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an individual vulnerability, family or social group is related to their capacity to
controll the forces affecting their well-being and the controll of assets and resources
demanded to a better use of opportunities fostered by the government or society.
Vulnerability can be manifested in physical, social or atitudinal way, with or without
the community´s contribution, intentionally or directly to the community conditions
itself, creating factors and situations that establish its vulnerability level (Hambati
2013), which could be deepen or enhanced depending on the actions taken.
In accordance with Ajibade and McBean (2014), housing problems are one of the
major vulnerability aggravating existent, while they harm the poverty eradication,
the social stability and full enjoyment of human rights, for example, the poorest
population when out of options ends up settling at lowlands and floodplains, prone to
floods, and suffers from the damages caused by the disasters, what supports Aksha
et al. (2019), on the issue of a crucial need for identification of those vulnerable
populations in order to decrease the natural disasters risk.
317
Fig. 4 Publications by geographical area. No scale. Created by the author
Fig. 5 Publications per year.
Created by the author
an individual vulnerability, family or social group is related to their capacity to
controll the forces affecting their well-being and the controll of assets and resources
demanded to a better use of opportunities fostered by the government or society.
Vulnerability can be manifested in physical, social or atitudinal way, with or without
the community´s contribution, intentionally or directly to the community conditions
itself, creating factors and situations that establish its vulnerability level (Hambati
2013), which could be deepen or enhanced depending on the actions taken.
In accordance with Ajibade and McBean (2014), housing problems are one of the
major vulnerability aggravating existent, while they harm the poverty eradication,
the social stability and full enjoyment of human rights, for example, the poorest
population when out of options ends up settling at lowlands and floodplains, prone to
floods, and suffers from the damages caused by the disasters, what supports Aksha
et al. (2019), on the issue of a crucial need for identification of those vulnerable
populations in order to decrease the natural disasters risk.