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Communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A heuristic framework
Hansson, Sten; Orru, Kati; Siibak, Andra; Bäck, Asta; Krüger, Marco; Gabel, Friedrich; Morsut, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)The concept of social vulnerability has been increasingly applied in disaster literature, but its communicative drivers have remained understudied. In this article, we put forward a heuristic framework for explaining how ... -
A critical appraisal of individual social capital in crisis response
Morsut, Claudia; Kuran, Christian Henrik Alexander; Kruke, Bjørn Ivar; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Orru, Kati; Hansson, Sten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)While there is still a vast body of scholarly research in crisis and disaster management that considers social capital an asset for lessening negative impacts from crises, this paper investigates an underexplored aspect ... -
Linking resilience, vulnerability, social capital and risk awareness for crisis and disaster research
Morsut, Claudia; Kuran, Christian Henrik Alexander; Kruke, Bjørn Ivar; Orru, Kati; Hansson, Sten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)Crisis and disaster research has extensively contributed to theoretical, conceptual, methodological and empirical advances in the understanding of resilience, vulnerability, social capital and risk awareness. These concepts ... -
Vulnerability and vulnerable groups from an intersectionality perspective
Kuran, Christian Henrik Alexander; Morsut, Claudia; Kruke, Bjørn Ivar; Krüger, Marco; Segnestam, Lisa; Orru, Kati; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Airola, Merja; Keränen, Jaana; Gabel, Friedrich; Hansson, Sten; Torpan, Sten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)In general, the identification and protection of vulnerable groups in the case of hazards or when a crisis unfolds is an issue that any crisis and disaster risk management should address, since people have different levels ...