Some perspectives on constitutional conflict in local disaster management through the lens of Pheko v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality 2012 2 SA 598 (CC)
Abstract
Socially created vulnerabilities are largely ignored in the hazards and disaster literature
because they are so difficult to measure and quantify. Social vulnerability is partially a
product of social inequities – those social factors and forces that create the susceptibility
of various groups to harm, and in turn affect their ability to respond, and bounce back
(resilience) after the disaster. But it is more than that. Social vulnerability involves the basic
provision of health care, the liveability of places, overall indicators of quality of life, and
accessibility to lifelines (goods, services, emergency response personnel), capital, and
political representation
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