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Social Vulnerability and Touristification of Historic Centers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Historic centers have su ered di erent processes of neglect, occupation, segregation, gentrification, and touristification as a result of changes in demand and policies.
Fernández Tabales, Alfonso   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

The social disintegration from a mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative analysis

open access: yesRevista Nacional de Administración, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

The vulnerability of rules in complex work environments: dynamism and uncertainty pose problems for cognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many complex work environments rely heavily on cognitive operators using rules. Operators sometimes fail to implement rules, with catastrophic human, social and economic costs. Rule-based error is widely reported, yet the mechanisms of rule vulnerability
Clewley, Richard, Stupple, Edward J. N.
core   +2 more sources

Trends in social vulnerability to storm surges in Shenzhen, China [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Social Vulnerability A qualitative research on the reasons behind social vulnerability in Erbil city

open access: yesZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Hazards / Multi-vulnerability analysis for flash flood risk management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Vulnerability assessment implies a quantitative evaluation of the individual vulnerability components such as elements at risk, their physical exposure and social characteristics.
Fuchs, Sven   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Vulnerability of Social Institutions [PDF]

open access: yesOECD Economic Policy Papers, 2014
Social institutions face many challenges. The recent economic crisis has provided a stress test as it has left a legacy of high unemployment and high government debt in many countries. It also lowered potential output and thus the revenue base for social protection schemes.
openaire   +3 more sources

Keeping the time: the impact of external clock-speed manipulation on time-based prospective memory

open access: yesJournal of Cognition
Several studies have suggested that time monitoring is important for appropriate time-based prospective memory (TBPM). However, it is still unknown if people actively use internal timing processes to monitor the approaching target time, and whether they ...
Gianvito Laera   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Social Vulnerability Assessment and Optimization Strategies from the Perspective of Resilience: A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration

open access: yesRedai dili, 2023
The Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is located in the sensitive zone of the Pearl River Delta estuary. Here, natural conditions are complicated, human activities are strong and natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, landslides, debris flow ...
Wang Jun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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