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3. 2. Challenges,Capacity andResilence Challenges are a combination of potential and real institutional,societal, economic and political processes, that are able to dealwith risks, fears and hazards. Capacity is “a combination of all the strengths and resourcesavailable within a community, society or organization that canreduce the level or risk, or the effects of a disaster.” (ISDR, 2004:2) Resilience is “the capacity of a system, community or societypotentially exposed to hazards to adapt, by resisting or changingin order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioningand structure. This is determined by the degree to which thesocial system is capable of organizing itself to increase itscapacity for learning from past disasters for better futures,protection and to improve risk reduction measures.” (ISDR,2004: 6)
3.3. Risks Risk= Hazards x <strong>Vulnerabilities</strong> (sometimes mulitiplied byExposure to a physical threat, Segob, Mexico); H and V areestimated probabilistically; E in money. “The probability of harmful consequences or expectedlosses –deaths, injuries, property, livelihoods, economicactivities, resulting from interaction between natural orhuman-induced hazards and vulnerable conditions” (ISDR,2004: 6). Social contexts can change the perception of risks and theirunderlying causes.
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Page 10 and 11: 2.6. Social Identity Tajfel (1979:3
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