Answer:
Initial well-being, strength and resilience (high mortality rates, malnutrition, disease) Weak infrastructure, such as buildings, sanitation, electricity supply, roads and transportation. Occupation in a risky area (insecure/ risk-prone sources of livelihood) Degradation of the environment and inability to protect it.
How can the vulnerability of a community be reduced?
How do we reduce vulnerability?
Implementing building codes.
Insurance and social protection (risk)
Emphasising economic diversity and resilient livelihoods.
Knowledge and awareness raising.
Preparedness measures.
Clearly, poverty is a major contributor to vulnerability. Poor people are more likely to live and work in areas exposed to potential hazards, while they are less likely to have the resources to cope when a disaster strikes. In richer countries, people usually have a greater capacity to resist the impact of a hazard.
