Chapter 3
The Need for Rethinking the Conceptsof Vulnerability and Risk from aHolistic Perspective: A NecessaryReview and Criticism for EffectiveRisk Management
THE IMPORTANCE OF TERMINOLOGY
Human development has led humankind to idealise the elements of its own habitat and environment and the possibilities of interaction between them. In spite of confused perceptions about the notion of vulnerability, this expression has helped clarify the concepts of risk and disaster.For a long time, these two concepts were associated with a single cause: an inevitable and uncontrollable physical phenomenon. However, the conceptual framework of vulnerability was borne out of human experience under situations in which it was often very difficult ...
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