Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate pp 499-514 | Cite as
The Vulnerability Approach
Chapter
Abstract
Risk, in layman’s terms, is the “chance of disaster” (Fairman et al. 1998). More formally
Risk is a quantitative measure of a defined hazard, which combines the probability orfrequency of occurrence of the damagingevent (i.e. the hazard) and the magnitude of the consequences (i.e. expected losses) of the occurrence.
Embedded within this definition is the term hazard, and implied in the phrase “consequences of the occurrence” is the concept of vulnerability to the hazard. These two terms are therefore described next, before re-visiting broader issues of risk.
Keywords
Habitat Loss Water Budget Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout Dune Field
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Copyright information
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004