Demographics of Social vulnerability refers to the effects that affect a specific group of people based on wealth. There are various factors that contribute to demographics of social weakness such as growth in population, political change, climate change, urbanization, land pressure, natural hazards, unemployment, and economic growth among others. For instance, the issue of unemployment makes people involve themselves in activities that may cause harm to them (Manuel, et al 20151). You will find that those people feel despised in society, especially when they interact with employed of individuals with higher financial status. Because of this, they end up participating in acts like stealing and joining cults to be rich. This makes them end up being affected in the sense that most of them end up leading the kind of life which is even worse. Unemployment is caused by an increase in the immigration rate of rural, and urban migration, whereby available jobs get occupied leaving out a significant percentage of unemployed people.
Natural disaster is also an important cause of social vulnerability. Looking at incidents such as floods and earthquake, you will find that t affects both people of higher and lower status. But then the difference comes from how these two kind of people handle the problem. Rich people usually tend to settle faster since they have enough funds required to resettle. On the other hand, the poor will have to wait for services like Red Cross, which will prove them with requirements to sustain their living. Most of them end up being homeless and decide to work aimlessly in the streets trying to beg for assistance, especially food. This living is risky since it exposes them to the dangers of being affected by diseases.
Social vulnerability refers to the situation whereby organizations, societies, and people are unable to withstand unfavorable impacts arising from various stressors affecting them. The study of Social vulnerability is essential since it helps planners in saving time. This is because it enables them to identify specific factors which are more likely to harm various individuals (box, et al 2016). Having this idea in mind, they will be in a position to solve the issue directly rather than doing much research on how to deal with the situation, or even spending much time on matters which are not going to change the situation but rather worsen it.
The information also provides them with the reference framework that can be used in addressing solutions to identified problems. The information makes the, understand how vulnerabilities are expressed socially, making them confident when addressing the issues to a specific group of people.
Studying social vulnerability allows managers to shave an easy time responding to emerging issues. This is because it enables them to understand how status differences affect different kinds of people, and this allows them to have appropriate aiding strategies in case of an emergency, just to ensure that people are treated equally, making them feel content rather than intimidated.
Emergency plans can be implicated if the managers fail to use the information. This results from their inability to know how to solve the issue, and where to start when it comes to planning. This is because they are more likely to lack the knowledge required in dealing with the issue. It may also result in worsening the situation since they will focus only on what they feel as being right, without considering the effects on the group of people who are more likely to miss the provided help. Failure to read the articles on social vulnerabilities makes it hard for the managers to follow the correct process, or even miss out on one relevant process as they try to settle the matter. This may lead to having the issue unsolved, forcing them to restart the process which may seem to be tedious.
References
Box, P., Bird, D., Haynes, K., & King, D. (2016). Shared responsibility and social vulnerability in the 2011 Brisbane flood. Natural Hazards, 81(3), 1549-1568.
Manuel, P., Rapaport, E., Keefe, J., & Krawchenko, T. (2015). Coastal climate change and aging communities in Atlantic Canada: A methodological overview of community asset and social vulnerability mapping. The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien, 59(4), 433-446.
