The Concept of Social Vulnerability: A Review from Disasters Perspectives

Abstract

Vulnerability is made up of the characteristics of a per son or group and their situation that influence their capa city to anticipate, to cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard. This research paper is based on the various reviews with special focus on the text of social vulner ability due to natural disasters. Social vulnerability i s determined by various factors such as physical, social, economic, an d environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards. Poverty, occupa tion, caste, ethnicity, exclusion, marginalization and inequities in material consumption of a society or community also en hance social vulnerability. Some people within the soc ial systems like ethnic minorities, disempowered castes or classes, religious groups, or occupations may live or work in physic al areas that are relatively disaster-prone. So to solve the i ssue of social vulnerability in the long run process th ere must be interdisciplinary and cross-cultural studies of natural disa ster impacts and social vulnerabilities. Social scient ists needs to continue to seek practical ways to incorporate local te chnical knowledge, insight, skills, desires, and needs into the management of disaster situations, so that local people and institutions might be affirmed in identifying problems and offering solutions towards the management of their own situation, and that local capacities may be strengthene d to resist

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