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Antecedent use of the concept

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/socy4037/Cutter%20%20%20Social%20vulnerability%20to%20environmental%20hazards.pdf

Other antecedent use Artherosclerotic plaque vulnerability index 2006

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1474005/

New article proposed

Scales and indexes It is good for a chapter in sociology books, so...GeoBard ^Rap 23:09, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possible additions to see also section

Schmidt Sting Pain Index

Ultraviolet index

Quality-of-life index

2008 - climate vulnerability indexes!!

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/events/ccamts/appendix06.pdf