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Towards an interdisciplinary conceptualisation of vulnerability
Author(s) -
Hogan Daniel Joseph,
Marandola Eduardo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.401
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , poverty , sociology , epistemology , engineering ethics , social science , management science , computer science , political science , engineering , philosophy , computer security , law
Each discipline uses uncertainty in different ways. This paper reviews the range of definitions and methodologies used by researchers to approach vulnerability in the search for an interdisciplinary conceptualisation. Two themes (poverty, exclusion and marginalisation on the one hand, and society–environment interactions on the other) are used to explore the authors' conceptualisation of vulnerability. The paper points towards possible convergences of these approaches. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.