The COVID-19 pandemic has created worldwide
devastation in every sphere of human life. It has led to the economy slowing
downand has aggravated life, health, and livelihood
vulnerabilities. It spreads across the globe, penetrating indiscriminately
through the cities of global north and south and has a 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 employed secondary data drawn from different sources, to
understand the vulnerability of Aligarh city (India) in the COVID-19 period, the study produced a comprehensive
dataset about natural vulnerability,
built-up vulnerability, social vulnerability and economic vulnerability. This study focuses to present a
comparative analysis of ward-wise vulnerability in Aligarh city for
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