Sentences with phrase «social vulnerability»

Oxfam worked with the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute (HVRI) to develop a series of Social Vulnerability maps for the southeastern states in the US.

The increase in geophysical vulnerability has been matched by the increase in social vulnerability as new development in low - lying areas placed an additional 170,000 households at risk.

The study's authors are clear that global warming did not directly cause Syria's civil war — it took a mix of underlying social vulnerability and an antagonistic government to do that.

The Report also notes how civil remedies for cyberbullying may not easily be accessible to victims of cyberbullying with limited resources — a sad irony for a remedy given that economic vulnerability probably co-exists with social vulnerability where the illness of cyberbullying also thrives.

I question this presumption of agency and explore why this may not always be the case — especially in a social context where deepening inequalities and social vulnerability frequently result in widespread disempowerment and depoliticisation.

Using an equation from classical mechanics, the team considered mass to represent social vulnerabilities; damping to represent funds available for recovery; and stiffness to represent robustness of infrastructure

«Applying these new models to areas that have pre-existing social vulnerabilities could identify susceptible regions, allowing us to direct healthcare resources there ahead of time.»

Galanter suggested that loud music may be tapping in to, and exacerbating, some of the common social vulnerabilities people bring to a public setting gathering.

Dr. Gadsden's research and scholarly interests focus on children and families across the life - course, from early childhood through the aging process, particularly children and families at the greatest risk for academic and social vulnerability by virtue of race, gender, ethnicity, poverty, and immigrant status.

[Many liberals and some conservatives I know will be frustrated by the lack of acknowledgement that population matters — and particularly that boosting access to family planning is an important way to cut social vulnerability to climate (and other) hazards in the world's poorest regions.

Thus, designing and implementing an abrupt change early warning system will need to be an iterative process that is revisited and refined as understanding of abrupt climate change, impacts, and social vulnerabilities evolves.

These maps measure and illustrate the convergence of social vulnerability factors (such as economic standing and age, among others) and four environmental hazards: flooding, hurricane force winds, sea - level rise, and drought.

Long - Term Educational Sustainability: Educational Innovation in Social Vulnerability Contexts.

«We have lots of undocumented immigrants, who have a lot of social vulnerability to something like devastating flooding in East Boston.

«Egypt and the Nile are very sensitive instruments for climate change, and Egypt provides a unique historical laboratory in which to study social vulnerability and response to abrupt volcanic shocks.

Mothers and Grandmothers in Social Vulnerability: Conceptions About Care and Institutional Shelter

The positive counterpart to this social vulnerability is that we always belong to a moral community.

Sandy, which hit the East Coast in the first six months of his tenure, forced him to confront some of the social vulnerabilities of managing people as sea levels rise.

The paper «The unquestionability of risk: social vulnerability and earthquake risk in tourist destinations,» published in Journal Cuadernos de Turismo, plans a new strategy of prevention and mitigation actions aimed at identifying and designing specific measures for vulnerable groups.

Dr. Guilcher said women with disabilities often have other measures of social vulnerability, such as low income and low education levels.

Vulnerability In The Border Regions Of Liberia Annaka Scheeres partnered with the American Red Cross in order to determine the social vulnerability of the border communities in West Africa, Liberia in particular.

The notion of Fragile State reflects upon the fragile state of the world order, or in a more abstract sense it refers to ideological, cultural and social vulnerabilities.

But Wyss's is the first hard estimate for a death total I've seen from a seasoned geophysicist whose work centers on the intersection of seismic activity and social vulnerability.

Subsequent loss of population within the city (white flight) enhanced the social vulnerability and subsequent Katrina failure to respond to the distinctive needs of the elderly, the poor, and households without autos.

Biographical notes: Koko Warner is a Section Head (Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability, and Adaptation) and Executive Director (Munich Climate Insurance Initiative) at the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU - EHS).

Kees van der Geest is a Senior Researcher at the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU - EHS) in the Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability, and Adaptation Section.

NOAA's Digital Coast Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer provides online access to several scenarios of future high tides, uncertainty maps, and information on marsh migration, social vulnerability, and flood frequency.

Children and youth between the ages of 3 and 21 are typically referred when they are having difficulty with behavioral regulation in the home and community and / or exhibiting acute symptoms of anxiety, depression, hyperarousal, social vulnerability or substance abuse problems.

Shyness, social anxiety, or a tendency to be withdrawn may underlie this social vulnerability, as may awkwardness in social situations or an inclination to be impulsive or explosive.

Because youngsters with conduct disorders have a myriad of biological, psychological and social vulnerabilities, a combination of treatment methods targeting each area is most effective.

Additionally, at school, the author carries on, the child that is in a situation of institutional sheltering also has the opportunity to establish bonds with partners that have other social family conditions that are not in personal or social vulnerability.