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Coastal innudation which is still happening today in the coastal area of Semarang City has caused the affected area to become socially vulnerable. This study aims to identify the effect of coastal innudation on conditions of social vulnerability in North
Vica Gitya Haryanti, Nany Yuliastuti
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Whereas falls are frequent and traumatic events for the elderly, their long-term consequences in terms of the social lives of older fallers are understudied.
Stéphanie Pin, Dario Spini
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Social vulnerability and disaster risk reduction needs: perspectives of women [PDF]
Integration of disaster risk reduction needs and experiences of different groups in the community with the built environment is significant to achieve disaster resilience.
Ginige, K. N. +2 more
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A social wearable that affords vulnerability
We present 'True Colors': a social wearable prototype designed to augment co-located social interaction of players in a LARP (live action role play). We designed it to enable the emergence of rich social dynamics between wearers and non-wearers. True Colors is Y-shaped, worn around the upper body, and has front and back interfaces to distinguish ...
Ella Dagan +4 more
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Social vulnerability in a multi-hazard context: a systematic review
The interacting effects of multiple hazards pose a substantial challenge to poverty reduction and national development. Yet, social vulnerability to multiple hazards is a relatively understudied, though growing concern.
Oronde Drakes, Eric Tate
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Social Vulnerability A qualitative research on the reasons behind social vulnerability in Erbil city
The term "social vulnerability" is not frequently used to describe people or communities in Erbil. It is a new term that is common.y used in social sciences for academic purposes.
Muzhda Mohammed Azeez
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The social disintegration from a mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative analysis
This paper aims to analyze, through a quantitative and qualitative approach, social categories related to vulnerability. This reflection is based on the analysis of concepts that are part of the sociology of poverty, exclusion, and social vulnerability ...
Mafalda Gomes, Ana Luisa Martinho
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Trends in social vulnerability to storm surges in Shenzhen, China [PDF]
An evaluation of social vulnerability to storm surges is important for any coastal city to provide marine disaster preparedness and mitigation procedures and to formulate post-disaster emergency plans for coastal communities.
H. Yu +10 more
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Background and objectives: : Longitudinal evidence on mental health among refugee families across migration policy contexts remains limited. This exploratory longitudinal study describes probable psychiatric disorder prevalence, mental health-related ...
Kevin Morisod +6 more
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Infant Mortality in Socially Vulnerable Populations [PDF]
Studies have shown for decades that certain subpopulations of infants, for example, those in poverty and in certain minority groups, are at substantially higher risk for illness and death than the national average. If mothers and infants of these “vulnerable populations” were as healthy as their “nonvulnerable” counterparts, as many as one third ...
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