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Social Factors: Risk ≠ Vulnerability
Not everyone at risk to a hazard is necessarily vulnerable to the disaster it creates
- Poor and marginalized?
- High risk to a hazard AND
- Unable to recover
- Rich and privileged?
- You may be at terrific risk but you may have:
- Personal resources
- Adequate insurance
- Social resources by knowing your way around a bureaucracy