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SDGIO_00000024

Name: vulnerable

Definition: The links between vulnerability, exposure, risk, and hazard are being developed. This definition will be updated accordingly. The definition currently used could be used for 'susceptible' too. Vulnerable has negative connotations.
A disposition of an entity to undergo change, usually negative or undesirable change, in response to some exposure.

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