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Week 5 DB 4 Social Vulnerability Intro to Public Safety Administration

Week 5 DB 4 Social Vulnerability Intro to Public Safety Administration

Q 1) Using the information gathered from the SOVI website and the class readings, answer the following questions: a. What is social vulnerability? b. What does the SOVI measure? c. Does the SOVI adequately capture all aspects of social vulnerability? What other factors, if any, could be considered? 2. According to Laska and Morrow (2007), how did social vulnerabilities affect outcomes at various stages of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, including mitigation, preparation, evacuation, storm impacts, and recovery? Also, why do the authors point out that the goal of disaster resilient communities cannot be achieved until basic issues of inequality and social justice are addressed?

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The world that we live in is full of opportunities and to aid progress, numerous technologies have been developed and platforms created that help people develop and achieve visions that they create of a livable world with luxuries at hand. In this process of creation and progress, humans have put at stake the natural resources and conditions that existed in harmony before humans exploited them. This has led to the increasing vulnerability towards the environmental hazards which disturbs the balance in the environment and creates a bad livable planet in the long run. While there are changes in the form of creation of different hazards, this makes a direct negative impact on the available resources for humans and their use, and the living conditions.