TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Approaches to 'vulnerability' in eight European disaster management systems
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Orru, Kati
A1  - Hansson, Sten
A1  - Gabel, Friedrich
A1  - Tammpuu, Piia
A1  - Krüger, Marco
A1  - Savadori, Lucia
A1  - Meyer, Sunniva Frislid
A1  - Torpan, Sten
A1  - Jukarainen, Pirjo
A1  - Schieffelers, Abriel
A1  - Lovasz, Gabriella
A1  - Rhinard, Mark
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12481
ID  - ref1
ER  -