Search results for "Vulnerability"
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A review of estimating population exposure to sea-level rise and the relevance for migration
2020
Abstract This review analyses global or near-global estimates of population exposure to sea-level rise (SLR) and related hazards, followed by critically examining subsequent estimates of population migration due to this exposure. Our review identified 33 publications that provide global or near-global estimates of population exposure to SLR and associated hazards. They fall into three main categories of exposure, based on definitions in the publications: (i) the population impacted by specified levels of SLR; (ii) the number of people living in floodplains that are subject to coastal flood events with a specific return period; and (iii) the population living in low-elevation coastal zones. …
Biografic turning point in lifetime of individuals living in degraded contexts. The role of resilience.
2020
In the course of their lives all people experience events such as the loss of a parent, a child, job or sometimes violence, after which life is no longer the same. In these moments the regular, repetitive and comforting course of life changes because the event is the turning point that changes the direction of the subject's lifetime. The paper is focused on a study of 60 cases in which resilience intervenes in the biographies of individuals, living in conditions of socio-spatial marginality and high social vulnerability, to restore the existential imbalance of a biographical discontinuity represented by a traumatic event. The problem of the research focuses on understanding the role of resi…
Vulnerability, freedom of choice and structural global injustice: The “consent” to exploitation of migrant women workers
2019
This chapter analyzes the philosophical implications related to the “position of vulnerability” defined by the Directive 2011/36/EU on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting its Victims as “a situation in which the person concerned has no real or acceptable alternative but to submit to the abuse involved” (art. 2.2). In particular, the chapter focuses on the “choice” made by migrant women employed in care and domestic work and in the agricultural sector in Italy. The Italian labor market is marked by the exploitation of migrant women, especially women from Romania, due to social, economic and legal factors that will be considered from a gender perspective. Women…
Vulnerabilità posizionale e intersezionale. I minori migranti soli come caso paradigmatico
2020
A partire dalla definizione teorica della vulnerabilità come posizione, il contributo prende in considerazione come paradigmatica le condizione che si producono per i minori migranti soli lungo il viaggio come durante la permanenza in Italia. Particolare attenzione viene dedicata alle procedure della richiesta di asilo come ambito di vittimizzazione secondaria, e all'ineffettività dei principi posti a tutela dei minori alla luce del nuovo corso della politica italiana.
Mobility and Spatio-Temporal Exposure Control
2013
Modern risk assessment methods cover many issues and encompass both risk analysis and corresponding prevention/mitigation measures.However, there is still room for improvement and one aspect that may benefit from more work is “exposure control”.The “exposure” an asset experiences plays an important part in the risks facing the asset.Amongst the aspects that all too regularly get exposed is user identities and user location information,and in a context with mobile subscriber and mobility in the service hosting (VM migration/mobility) the problems associated with lost identity/location privacy becomes urgent.In this paper we look at “exposure control” as a way for analyzing and protecting use…
2SPD-025 Application of hazard vulnerability analysis to evaluate the risk level of medicine shortages
2020
Background and importance Drug shortages have become a worldwide phenomenon which has repercussions on patient care and on the hospital’s budget. Aim and objectives The aim of our study was to assess the risk of shortages of drugs included in our hospital therapeutic formulary (HTF), for which there is shortage reporting, using a hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA). Material and methods We performed an HVA on 43 drugs in our HTF, which were also included in the Italian Medicines Agency list of shortages. The HVA used to assign the risk of shortage (ROS) included three macro areas: probability that the shortages will occur based on shortages in the past 2 years; magnitude factors which incre…
Cartografía de vulnerabilidad frente a inundaciones en llanos mediterráneos. Caso de estudio del Barranc de Carraixet y Rambla de Poyo
2008
Este trabajo aborda la cartografía de vulnerabilidad frente a inundaciones, en dos pequeños llanos mediterráneos pertenecientes al Barranc de Carraixet y la Rambla de Poyo. Ambos forman parte del Área Metropolitana de Valencia, integrando las comarcas de l¿Horta Nord y l¿Horta Sud, respectivamente. Constituye un ensayo metodológico, basado en estimadores socioeconómicos sencillos, obtenidos a partir de los usos del suelo. La vulnerabilidad se evalúa en función del valor económico del suelo y de la exposición humana al peligro. El valor económico del suelo se calcula a partir del Catastro. La exposición se calcula para tres supuestos de densidad de ocupación del espacio en función de la fran…
Le modèle de l'attachement adulte dans la perturbation de la régulation émotionnelle et des liens affectifs des femmes hospitalisées souffrant de dép…
2011
The purpose of our research is to show that the model of adult attachment constitute a factor of psychological vulnerability that explain women depression and its evolution on two levels: the disturbance of the emotional regulation (attachment strategies) and the insecurity of the representation of the past links of attachment (parental experiences), and the current ones (love and interpersonal attachment). The aim is also to determine the existing links between the personality of the depressed women and adult attachment. We have a more interest more specific in the study of the evolution between the depression and the patterns of attachment (stability or alteration) during hospitalization.…
Drought-related cholera outbreaks in Africa and the implications for climate change: a narrative review.
2021
ABSTRACT Africa has historically seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent, causing food insecurity, exacerbating social inequity and frequent mortality. A known consequence of droughts and their associated risk factors are infectious disease outbreaks, which are worsened by malnutrition, poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene and population displacement. Cholera is a potential causative agent of such outbreaks. Africa has the highest global cholera burden, several drought-prone regions and high levels of inequity. Despite this, research on cholera and drought in Africa is lacking. Here, we review available research on drought-related cholera outbreak…
La construcción de subjetividades en itinerarios de fracaso escolar. Itinerarios de inserción sociolaboral para adolescentes en riesgo
2016
RESUMEN La modernización del sistema de Formación Profesional del Estado español se remonta a los años 90. Desde entonces, ha evolucionado significativamente, teniendo los desarrollos europeos como marco de referencia. Con la extensión de la escolarización hasta los 16 años, se introdujo en el año 1994 un tipo de formación profesionalizadora de muy bajo nivel de cualificación, especialmente diseñada para los adolescentes clasificados como de bajo rendimiento académico en Educación Secundaria y para aquellos en situación de vulnerabilidad social. Esta formación fue rediseñada en 2006 y en 2013. Nuestra contribución, enmarcada en una investigación más amplia desarrollada en el seno de un proy…