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Quantifying social vulnerability: a methodology for identifying those at risk to natural hazards

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Australia is exposed to a wide range of natural hazards, including earthquake, cyclone, landslide, flood, storm surge, severe wind, bushfire, coastal erosion, hail storm and drought. How each person will fare in the event of a natural hazard is influenced not just by exposure to infrastructure, but also by personal attributes, community support, access to resources and governmental management. This network of factors affecting social vulnerability to natural hazards, combined with the complex linkages found in cities and the behaviour of the hazard itself, all contribute to the development of a risk assessment.

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Title Quantifying social vulnerability: a methodology for identifying those at risk to natural hazards
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/a85b77c7-acdc-48e6-a462-1d0d9ee6ac46
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Quantifying social vulnerability: a methodology for identifying those at risk to natural hazards". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/quantifying-social-vulnerability-a-methodology-for-identifying-those-at-risk-to-natural-hazards