Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7472609 | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2016 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The proposed methodology allows a standardized assessment of the social fragility and lack of resilience, by means of an aggravating coefficient of which summarizes the characteristics of the social context using fuzzy sets and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The selection of 20 social indicators is based on the indicators used by urban observatories of United Nations and other social researchers. These indicators are classified according to social item they describe, in six categories. Applying the determination level analysis, thirteen prevailing social indicators are selected. The proposed methodology has been applied in the cities of Merida (Venezuela) and Barcelona (Spain).
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Authors
Nayive Jaramillo, Martha Liliana CarreƱo, Nieves Lantada,