... Vulnerability Liabilities Capabilities Risk Risk management Susceptibility Resistance and resilience Environmental management According to David Alexander (2006) , “vulnerability is a greater determinant of disaster than hazards themselves” (p. 2). Research literature on this subject illustrates...

.... 269; Villagran da Leon, 2005 , p. 145). These factors can be labeled under the banner of capabilities (McEntire et al., 2010 , p. 55). A number of definitions of vulnerability illustrate this school of thought: [The] “vulnerability of communities to natural and anthropogenic hazards...