Study the items listed below. Which category of vulnerability does each statement relate?

1. Poor people
2. Poor location and substandard housing/building materials
3. No access to and control of land, water, animals, capital, other means of production.
4. Discouragement
5. Infrastructure and services: roads, health facilities, schools, electricity, communications, transport and
housing.
6. Human capital: population, mortality, diseases, nutritional status
7. Marginalized in terms of social, economic and political terms
8. Environment factors: forestation, soil quality and erosion
9. Dependent
10. Weak in social and organizational areas
11. Division among community members and leaders
12. Family structure (weak/strong)
13. Negative attitude toward change
14. Leadership quality and structure
15. Legislation
16. Administrative structures and institutional arrangements
17. Decision making structures
18. People who have low confidence
19. Low participation level
20. Low level of initiative
21. Community organization
22. Isolation or connectedness
23. Low faith and determination
24. No sense of ability to affect the world
25. Relationship to government administrative structures

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PHYSICAL/MATERIAL SOCIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL ATTITUDINAL/ MOTIVATIONAL

VULNERAEBILITY VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY

2. explain why certain sectors of our society are more vulnerable to disasters than others?

3. how does capacity contribute in lessening or mitigating impacts of disasters?