The phrase "affects the vulnerability of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how one factor influences the susceptibility or exposure of another entity to harm or risk.
Example: "The new policy affects the vulnerability of the system to cyber attacks."
Alternatives: "influences the susceptibility of" or "impacts the exposure of".
Measurements were performed in ORV trails as well as on undisturbed terrain to investigate how ORV driving affects the vulnerability of a soil to emit PM10 (particles < 10 μm), during the driving as well as during episodes of wind erosion.
The simulation results of these scenarios showed that precipitation is the major factor that affects the vulnerability of surface runoff, while the temperature plays a minor role in changes of surface runoff amounts (Hammouri et al. 2016).
Here, the aim of network analysis is to study how the performance of networks is affected by the removal of vertices and edges, to compare the structure of different networks, and to analyse how the change of structure affects the vulnerability of networks.
However, the extent to which inbreeding affects the vulnerability of populations to environmental stressors, such as chemical exposure, remains unresolved.
We use the model to assess quantitatively how perceptions of fundamental risk and of government credit policy in a crisis affect the vulnerability of the financial system ex ante.
Issues warranting consideration that affect the vulnerability of communities and rural landscapes to natural hazards include demographic shifts and patterns, land use change, generational experience with hazards, adaptation measures, wealth, and community resilience.
Possibly due to the lack of available space on which to re-build and/or the time pressures of relocating shelter dependents, hazard mitigation did not play a central role in the initial re-building phase, thus further affecting the vulnerability of these affected groups.
Ideally, a public-supply-well vulnerability assessment pulls together data and information on each of the factors that can affect the vulnerability of a well to contamination.
Their comparison provides an improved understanding of common factors that affect the vulnerability of PSWs to contaminants in karst aquifers, with implications for karst groundwater management.
Spatial and vertical variability in groundwater geochemistry in the two aquifers provided insight into factors affecting the vulnerability of these aquifers and the studied PSWs to contamination.
Emerging lines of evidence have suggested that aberrant DNA methylation may affect the vulnerability of central nervous system injury responses following ischemia [ 2, 3].
