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Descriptor English: Disaster Vulnerability
Descriptor Spanish: Vulnerabilidad ante Desastres
Descriptor vulnerabilidad ante desastres
Entry term(s) vulnerabilidad
vulnerabilidad a desastres
vulnerabilidad ante catástrofes
Scope note: Grado de pérdida (de 0 a 100 por ciento) como resultado de un fenómeno potencialmente dañino. (Traducción libre del original: Material II- IDNDR, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Vulnerabilidade a Desastres
Descriptor French: Vulnérabilité Aux Catastrophes
Entry term(s): Catastrophe Vulnerability
Vulnerability
Tree number(s): SP8.950
Scope note: 1. Relation between the intensity of the resulting damage and the magnitude of a threat, adverse event or accident. 2. Likelihood of a particular community or geographic area being affected by a potential threat or risk of disaster, established from technical studies. (Material III - Brazil, Ministry of Social Action, 1992). 3. Degree of loss (from 0 to 100 percent) resulting from a potentially damaging phenomenon. (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
EH ethnology
HI history
SN statistics & numerical data
DeCS ID: 34666
Unique ID: DDCS034666
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Disaster Vulnerability - Preferred
Concept UI M06142131
Scope note 1. Relation between the intensity of the resulting damage and the magnitude of a threat, adverse event or accident. 2. Likelihood of a particular community or geographic area being affected by a potential threat or risk of disaster, established from technical studies. (Material III - Brazil, Ministry of Social Action, 1992). 3. Degree of loss (from 0 to 100 percent) resulting from a potentially damaging phenomenon. (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term Disaster Vulnerability
Entry term(s) Catastrophe Vulnerability
Vulnerability



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