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    Vulnerabilities are determined by the exposure of different elements to specific hazards. There are four main types of vulnerability: 1. Physical vulnerability considers factors like population density, building design/materials, and infrastructure. 2. Social vulnerability looks at how social factors like education, access to services, and communication networks impact a community's ability to withstand hazards. 3. Economic vulnerability depends on individual and national wealth, with poorer groups less able to protect themselves. 4. Environmental vulnerability arises from depletion of natural resources and degradation of ecosystems that provide natural protection from hazards. Quantifying vulnerability is important for estimating mitigation and preparedness needs based on past hazard impacts.

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    Vulnerabilities are determined by the exposure of different elements to specific hazards. There are four main types of vulnerability: 1. Physical vulnerability considers factors like population density, building design/materials, and infrastructure. 2. Social vulnerability looks at how social factors like education, access to services, and communication networks impact a community's ability to withstand hazards. 3. Economic vulnerability depends on individual and national wealth, with poorer groups less able to protect themselves. 4. Environmental vulnerability arises from depletion of natural resources and degradation of ecosystems that provide natural protection from hazards. Quantifying vulnerability is important for estimating mitigation and preparedness needs based on past hazard impacts.

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    Example: Wooden homes are less likely to collapse in

    Lesson Vulnerabilities of Different Elements an earthquake, but are more vulnerable to fire.
    Exposed to Specific Hazards
    7 In physical vulnerability is when hazardous events
    occur, normally physical elements are severely
    Recognizing the vulnerabilities of different elements damaged. For example, UP Visayas buildings were
    exposed to hazard will help the community design to totally destroyed during the super typhoon Yolanda in
    formulate strategies on prevention, mitigation, and 2008 leaving the structure totally damaged. Another
    immediate response and possible rehabilitations after a example is the decreased in population density like what
    major event. happened in Baguio during the 1990 earthquake in
    North Luzon when a lot of people were injured and died.

    Vulnerabilities of different elements are determined due


    to its exposure to particular and specific hazard.
    Vulnerability describes the characteristics and
    circumstances of a community, system or asset that
    make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a
    hazard. There are many aspects of vulnerability, arising 2. Social Vulnerability refers to the inability of people,
    from various physical, social, economic, and organizations and societies to withstand adverse
    environmental factors. Examples may include: impacts to hazards due to characteristics inherent in
    • poor design and construction of buildings, social interactions, institutions and systems of cultural
    • inadequate protection of assets, values. It is linked to the level of well being of individuals,
    • lack of public information and awareness, communities and society. It includes aspects related to
    • limited official recognition of risks and levels of literacy and education, the existence of peace
    preparedness measures, and and security, access to basic human rights, systems of
    • disregard for wise environmental good governance, social equity, positive traditional
    management. values, customs and ideological beliefs and overall
    Vulnerability varies significantly within a community and collective organizational systems (UNISDR).
    over time. This definition identifies vulnerability as a For example:
    characteristic of the element of interest (community,
    system or asset) which is independent of its exposure. a. When flooding occurs some citizens, such as
    However, in common use the word is often used more children, elderly and differently-able, may be
    broadly to include the element’s exposure. unable to protect themselves or evacuate if
    necessary.
    There are four (4) main types of vulnerability:
    b. During typhoon the line of communications were
    1. Physical Vulnerability may be determined by cut off when cell sites shutdown or disruption of
    aspects such as population density levels, remoteness transport system due to inability of small vehicles
    of a settlement, the site, design and materials used for to pass through the flooded areas or unpassable
    critical infrastructure and for housing (UNISDR). roads and bridges.
    c. With some difficulties in the delivery of services
    such as relief goods and medicines, a lot of
    problems occurred like shortage of food and
    spread of infectious diseases.
    Therefore, when social elements were exposed to
    hazard, these may lead to disruption of normal
    processes and activities in the community.
    3. Economic Vulnerability. The level of vulnerability is
    highly dependent upon the economic status of
    individuals, communities and nations The poor are
    usually more vulnerable to disasters because they lack
    the resources to build sturdy structures and put other
    engineering measures in place to protect themselves
    from being negatively impacted by disasters.
    Example: Poorer families may live in squatter
    settlements because they cannot afford to live in safer
    (more expensive) areas.
    Level of economic vulnerability is based on the nations.
    The poorer the country, the more vulnerable to disasters
    because they lack the funds or budgets to build sturdy
    structures and put other engineering measures in place
    which protect them from being affected by disasters.
    So, we can say that Philippines is more vulnerable than
    Japan. As an example, the Covid-19 pandemic wherein
    the most affected are those who belong to low income
    and informal workers. Social and economic vulnerability
    can be combined also known as socioeconomic
    vulnerability.

    4. Environmental Vulnerability. Natural resource


    depletion and resource degradation are key aspects of
    environmental vulnerability.
    Example: Wetlands, such as the Caroni Swamp, are
    sensitive to increasing salinity from sea water, and
    pollution from stormwater runoff containing agricultural
    chemicals, eroded soils, etc.
    Environmental vulnerability is caused by natural
    resources depletion and destruction. Organisms like
    humans, animals, and plants are all dependent on the
    environment for survival. Human activities like
    deforestation, burning of fossil fuels, and kaingin affect
    the natural abilities of the environment to protect itself
    from any natural hazard due to absence of trees which
    may cause landslide and flashfloods. Sometimes the
    effects are irreversible.

    Quantifying vulnerability is used in estimating how much


    mitigation and preparedness measures will be applied.
    Computation is based on the previous hazard events
    and severity of their effects. Vulnerability can be
    expressed as: 0 = lowest degree of vulnerability and 1
    as the highest degree. Vulnerability of people is the ratio
    of casualties or injured to the total population.
    Vulnerability of buildings is expressed as a repair cost or
    degree of damage.

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