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Vulnerability (computing)Social vulnerabilityPsychological resilienceAdaptive capacityEnvironmental resource managementHazardHarmVulnerability assessmentResilience (materials science)Adaptation (eye)Climate changePsychologyEcologySocial psychologyEconomicsComputer scienceComputer securityBiology
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- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 268-281
- Citations
- 4828
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W. Neil Adger
(2006).
Vulnerability.
Global Environmental Change
, 16
(3)
, 268-281.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.02.006
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- DOI
- 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.02.006