Sentence examples for social vulnerability from inspiring English sources

Cutter et al. (2003) developed the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) to assess social vulnerability to environmental hazards using county-level socioeconomic and demographic data in the United States.

Quantifying and mapping social vulnerability helps identify the most vulnerable areas and the baseline conditions for social vulnerability.

Open image in new window Fig. 4 Comparative social vulnerability of Brazilian cities based on the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI®).

Open image in new window Fig. 3 Geographic distribution of individual Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI®) factors and levels of social vulnerability in Brazilian cities. Source Authors.

Social vulnerability is reflected in and reinforced by it.

Quantitative approach: a Social Vulnerability Index, as a preliminary identification of administrative units with high Social Vulnerability.

However there are currently no published studies analysing social vulnerability and its spatial distribution in Italy.

Individual and social vulnerability factors influence the mortality risk associated with a given heat exposure.

social vulnerability and disaster displacement.

The majority of Brazilian cities present moderate levels of social vulnerability (Fig. 4) with values ranging from +27.67 (high social vulnerability) to −9.27 (low social vulnerability).

Social vulnerability or resilience capacities are seldom or insufficiently assessed.