The Vulnerable in Natural, Environmental and other Disasters

Abstract

This paper is concerned with vulnerable groups in disaster situations. The initial ambition was to focus on vulnerable workers and those in precarious work. It is clear, however, that insufficient research has been done on the effects of disasters on vulnerable people in the context of work and, indeed, on the effects on those in non-standard working arrangements. The focus of this paper is therefore on the position of vulnerable people in disaster situations from which we can perhaps draw some conclusions in relation to work.

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