%0 Journal Article
%T Vulnerability Assessment to COVID Pandemic in Urban Settlement: A Case Study from India
%A Shahab Fazal
%A Salma Sultana
%J Current Urban Studies
%P 25-54
%@ 2328-4919
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/cus.2022.101003
%X The COVID-19 pandemic has created worldwide
devastation in every sphere of human life. It has led to the economy slowing
down</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and has aggravated life, health, and livelihood
vulnerabilities. It spreads across the globe, penetrating indiscriminately
through the cities of global north and south and has </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">greater urban orientation. The physical, social,
economic and environmental circumstances determine the susceptibility of an
individual, a community or the system to the impact of this pandemic. The
degree of vulnerability of any community strongly influences management
decisions. The concept of societal vulnerability to hazards involves
demographic and socio-economic factors that reflect community resilience. This
study employ</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ed</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> secondary data drawn from different sources, to
understand the vulnerability of Aligarh city (India) </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">in the COVID</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">19 period, the study produced a comprehensive
dataset about</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> natural vulnerability,
built-up vulnerability, social vulnerability and economic </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">vulnerability. This study focuses to present a
comparative analysis of ward</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">wise vulnerability in Aligarh city for </span></span></span><span
%K Vulnerability
%K Urban Environment
%K Pandemic
%K People
%K Transformations
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=115050