The politics of vulnerability and resilience

Much conceptual confusion exists over the concepts of vulnerability and (social) resilience, reinforced by the different paradigms (the article identifies four) and disciplinary traditions underlying their use. While since the 1980s the social construction of "vulnerability" as a driver fo...

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Main Authors: Georg Frerks, Jeroen Warner, Bart Weijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS) 2011-12-01
Series:Ambiente & Sociedade
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-753X2011000200008