A Study on Vulnerable and Resilient Population of Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh

Kocherla Gangadhar

Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020

A Study on Vulnerable and Resilient Population of Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh

Kocherla Gangadhar

Abstract :

Vulnerability conditions not only depend on the exposure and susceptibility of physical elements in hazard-prone areas but also on the socio-economic fragility and lack of social resilience and abilities to cope. Hence, vulnerability has to be understood from a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective encompassing exposure, susceptibility and lack of resilience. These factors capture conditions for the direct physical impacts (exposure and susceptibility), as well as for indirect and at times intangible impacts (socio-economic fragility and lack of resilience), of potential hazard events.