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Natural Disaster Vulnerability And Poverty

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Growing natural disaster threats do not simply mirror the onset of events, for instance, earthquakes or floods, but additionally the changing demographic and socioeconomic attributes of the population. In this essay, the researcher will critically discuss the relationship between natural disaster, vulnerability and poverty.

The "vulnerability" perspective in disasters, which is increasing as a predominant perspective in the field, accepts that a real disaster happens only when it strikes a population that is underprivileged. Vulnerability may be conceptualized as- the attributes of a person or group and their situation that impacts their ability to anticipate, cope with, oppose, and recuperate from the effect of a natural hazard. The Implicit …show more content…

Climate stress periods, including prolonged drought periods, for the most part disclose a large group of variables that add to increased vulnerabilities to ecological change, for example, deteriorating social networks connected to HIV/AIDS, poor access to fundamental courtesies and resources and a scope of more structural, extensive and governance factors that further emphasize local scale vulnerabilities. In terms of the impacts of climate vulnerability- increase in floods, droughts and other compelling events will add stress to water resources, human health, food security and infrastructure, thus, constraining development and changes in intensified land use and rainfall will increase desertification, examples- in Southern Africa and Western Sahel. (Reid and Vogel, 2006)

Poverty and vulnerability are both seen as multi-dimensional concepts. Poverty is not just viewed as not having enough income any longer, but rather likewise takes a look at the "well-being" of the general population, while vulnerability concentrates more on economic and social obstacles than on the hazard itself. The most striking distinction is the dynamic nature of vulnerability. It gives a forward-looking point of view on what might happen, if a specific hazard happens. Poverty in contrast is a measure …show more content…

Depending on the objectives of the study and on the discipline, vulnerability is regularly seen as being a component of poverty or the other way around. As vulnerability is a recent concept – particularly in contrast with poverty – a few authors, especially those working with regards to development cooperation, consider vulnerability as one aspect, which can bring about poverty or hinder individuals from escaping poverty. Researchers from the vulnerability community conversely tend to view poverty as one component, which may add to an enhanced vulnerability. (Makoka and Kaplan, 2016). "The majority of works on the linkages between vulnerability and poverty expresses the view that these two approaches are closely connected and influence each other very deeply, while they are at the same time clearly distinct from each other." (Makoka and Kaplan,

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