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What is Risk and Vulnerability

Chapter 308
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Risk is the possibility for human to suffer the loss and/or injury (physical, social, economic, property) from hazards. Vulnerability is an area’s susceptibility to damage and degradation. Risk and vulnerability: often there are risks there are vulnerabilities, or vice versa.
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GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
X. Mara Chen (Salisbury University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch308
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