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World Risk Index: a standalone construct

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Hazards research

a country-level index combining exposure to natural hazards with susceptibility, lack of coping capacity and lack of adaptive capacity.

In hazards research, World Risk Index refers to a country-level index combining exposure to natural hazards with susceptibility, lack of coping capacity and lack of adaptive capacity. This meaning comes from Welle (2015) in Journal of Extreme Events.[1]

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References

Welle, T., & Birkmann, J. (2015). The World Risk Index – An Approach to Assess Risk and Vulnerability on a Global Scale. Journal of Extreme Events, 02(01), 1550003. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2345737615500037

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