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Characteristics of Vulnerability

Submitted by MnE Expert on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 19:24

Characteristics of vulnerability refer to the factors or attributes that increase the susceptibility of individuals, communities, or systems to the impacts of hazards or disasters. Here are some common characteristics of vulnerability, along with examples:

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Types of Vulnerabilities in Disaster Management

Submitted by MnE Expert on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 19:07

A set of prevailing conditions which adversely affect the community’s ability to prevent, mitigate, prepare for or respond to a hazard. Absence of coping strategies is also a part of vulnerability and has to be considered in vulnerability assessment e.g. living in hazard prone locations like near to a sea or river, above the fault lines, at the base of a mountain etc

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Role Stress, Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity

Submitted by MnE Expert on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 15:57
 
 
 
 

Concept of Stress

Stress refers to the causes and the effects of feelings of pressure. How we cope with these pressures often is determined by our own levels of resistance and what else is going on at the time. Thus, the interplay of constraints, demands and supports is endlessly variable and, as such, it makes research into the area complex. Stress, therefore, may be defined as "a response to the perceived relationship between the demands on us and our ability to cope''.

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