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Descriptor English:   Disaster Vulnerability 
Descriptor Spanish:   Vulnerabilidad ante Desastres 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Vulnerabilidade a Desastres 
Synonyms English:   Catastrophe Vulnerability
Vulnerability  
Tree Number:   SP4.037.438.574
SP8.473.981
Definition English:   1. Relation between the intensity of the resulting damage and the magnitude of a threat, adverse event or accident. 2. Likelihood of a particular community or geographic area being affected by a potential threat or risk of disaster, established from technical studies. (Material III - Brazil, Ministry of Social Action, 1992). 3. Degree of loss (from 0 to 100 percent) resulting from a potentially damaging phenomenon. (Material II - IDNDR, 1992) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects AN analysis
CL classification EC economics
ES ethics EH ethnology
HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods PL policies
PC prevention & control SN statistics & numerical data
Record Number:   34666 
Unique Identifier:   DDCS034666 

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