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Moral Hazard, Social Catastrophe

The Changing Face of Vulnerability along the Hurricane Coasts

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ID9772435
AuthorsSusan L Cutter (0000-0002-7005-8596, Hazards Research Lab at the University of South Carolina), Christopher T Emrich (0000-0002-6773-7387)
Year2006
Volume604
Issue1
Pages102-112
Publication date2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716205285515
OpenAlexW2166717882
LanguageEN
Citations received135
References cited9

The social vulnerability of the American population is not evenly distributed among social groups or between places. Some regions may be more susceptible to the impacts of hazards than other places based on the characteristics of the people residing within them. As we saw with Hurricane Katrina, when coupled with residencies in high-risk areas such as the hurricane coasts, differential vulnerabilities can lead to catastrophic results. The geographic discrepancies in social vulnerability also necessitate different mitigation, post-response, and recovery actions. Given temporal and spatial changes in social vulnerability in the future, a one-size-fits-all approach to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation may be the least effective in reducing vulnerability or improving local resilience to hazards

Computer security · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Hazard · Hurricane katrina · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Natural hazard · Political science · Population · Preparedness · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science · Social vulnerability · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Computer Science · Demography · Disaster Management and Resilience · Ecology · Environmental Science · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management

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