HGP252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Piracy In The Strait Of Hormuz, Social Vulnerability, Tornado Alley
19 Sep 2016
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Vulnerability: characteristics of an individual, family, community, or system that makes it susceptible to damaging elements of a hazard. Hazards-of-place model of vulnerability (diagram): biophysical and social aspects incorporated together, risk - the probability of a hazard occurring and creating loss (high probability in new. Orleans, once every decade, fema predicted this, obviously a high risk area): mitigation - reducing or limiting the adverse impacts of hazard events. Risks can be reduced with good mitigation, or ampli ed with poor or non-existent mitigation: good mitigation - structural improvements, land use planning in high risk areas, hazard warning systems, risk and mitigation lead to hazard potential. !1: geographic context affects biophysical vulnerability - where a place is located and its characteristics, and proximity to hazard sources and events. Tuesday, january 12, 2016: location represents vulnerability, proximity to hazard sources and events - another example; the ring of re (volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are common).
