We explain what vulnerability is and the types of vulnerability that exist. Also, how to counter vulnerabilities.
What is vulnerability?
A vulnerability is a quality that someone or something possesses to be able to be hurt. When a person or an object is vulnerable, it means that it can be injured or receive an injury both physically and emotionally.
This word can be applied according to your ability to prevent, resist or overcome a specific impact. It is often said that these people are in a situation of risk.
Types of vulnerability
The use of the term "vulnerable" in different settings is presented below:
- In thesociety. Children, women and the elderly are often viewed as vulnerable individuals. This quality is recognized due to the physical differences they have against men. That is, it is understood that men have a greater resistance to any type of risk and that they will be able to resist more than others in a given situation and, in turn, will be able to help those who need it.
On the other hand, social and cultural conditions also determine vulnerability. A person who is homeless is more vulnerable to contracting diseases or suffering accidents than a person who owns a decent home. As well as, a person who has not had a education Basic will find you with fewer job options than the others. - In computing. Vulnerability is often spoken of when a deficiency occurs in the programming. This event is also calledbug("Bug" in English), an error or a failure in a certain program of a computer that ends in an unwanted result.
Debuggers (debuggers) are programs that are intended to detect and eliminate programming errors in a software or various software systems. - In biology. A vulnerable species is considered to be one that has a high probability of becoming an endangered species. For a species to be defined in this way, a significant reduction, fragmentation, or decrease in its species must be detected. population Natural way.
- In environmental sciences. A vulnerable area will be one that has suffered a natural disaster, that is, that place that has been exposed to a natural phenomenon of great magnitude capable of destroying it. A town devastated after a tsunami of great magnitude is a clear example of what it means to declare an area as vulnerable.
In turn, it can refer to an area that is exposed, that is, that has the risk of suffering a natural disaster. In addition, this classification will also depend on the capital, the ability to recover and the infrastructures who owns the government Of each country.
How to counteract vulnerabilities?
To counteract a vulnerability, the effects of the hazard in question must be reduced as much as possible. This can be done through an alert, the preparation of both a person and a country, the prediction of the trouble and mitigation. At the same time, an attempt should be made to strengthen the capacities or resources they possess to be able to face those dangers.
Finally, in the political sphere, the underlying causes or underlying vulnerability must be addressed. Some of these causes may be the poverty, poor management of government and the inequality, among many others.