Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards<sup>*</sup>

L. Cutter, Susan; Boruff, Bryan; Lynn Shirley, W.

doi:10.1111/1540-6237.8402002

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Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards*

Published in Social Science Quarterly • May 19, 2003

Authors:

Susan L. Cutter

Bryan Boruff

W. Lynn Shirley

Abstract

Objective. County‐level socioeconomic and demographic data were used to construct an index of social vulnerability to environmental hazards, called the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for the United States based on 1990 data. Methods. Using a factor analytic approach, 42 variables were reduced to ...

Subject

Social vulnerability

Vulnerability (computing)

Socioeconomic status

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