The Social Vulnerability Index: A Literature Review

ABSTRACT

This chapter provides a non-exhaustive review of the literature on the Social Vulnerability Index in order to share with Disaster Studies scholars and other professionals a general overview of the subject. This work analyzes selected case studies on the construction of a Social Vulnerability Index at national and local scales, and then specifically focuses on cases concerning social vulnerability to climate change, natural hazards, and COVID-19. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.