Assignment task: Can you help me select a disaster event of your choice (between 2010 and the present). Then research the social vulnerability dynamics that culminated in the risk assumed by the populations impacted. The paper must discuss social, demographic, socioeconomic, and political/historical dimensions of vulnerability of the population examined. Include statistics based on census data or other metrics to further illustrate your key arguments. Reference to the PAR model is important to further frame your analysis. This paper should be subjective and based on credible sources.
The paper should include the following headers:
- Introduction (outlines the disaster event of interest, introduces your reader to the essay, and includes a thesis statement)
- Background (community, background including a pre-disaster assessment of the population composition, and preparedness/mitigation initatives).
- Impacts (impacts experienced to the community, which should be the main body of your paper; subheaders may include social, socioeconomic, political, historical, etc.)
- Recovery (detail challenges experienced in the recovery, focusing on socially vulnerable populations).
- Recommendations (describe preparedness and mitigation strategies that can help lessen or reduce the impact of a future disaster; subheaders may include preparedness, mitigation, policy, etc.)
- Conclusion (provide a succinct conclusion to your essay, summarizing key points)