@article{ref1,
title="Approaches to 'vulnerability' in eight European disaster management systems",
journal="Disasters",
year="2021",
author="Orru, Kati and Hansson, Sten and Gabel, Friedrich and Tammpuu, Piia and Krüger, Marco and Savadori, Lucia and Meyer, Sunniva Frislid and Torpan, Sten and Jukarainen, Pirjo and Schieffelers, Abriel and Lovasz, Gabriella and Rhinard, Mark",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="While social vulnerability in the face of disasters has received increasing academic attention, relatively little is known about the extent to which that knowledge is reflected in practice by institutions involved in disaster management. In this study, we chart the practitioners' approaches to disaster vulnerability in eight European countries: Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Estonia. The study draws from a comparative document analysis and 95 interviews with disaster managers and reveals significant differences across countries in terms of the ontology of vulnerability, its sources, reduction strategies, and the allocation of related duties. To advance the debate and provide conceptual clarity, we put forward a model for explicating different understandings of vulnerability along the dimensions of human agency and technological structures as well as social support through private relations and state actors. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-3666",
doi="10.1111/disa.12481",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12481"
}