In the leading chapter of this dissertation, "Unemployment, Vulnerability and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, Its … that, unlike the standard measures of unemployment or poverty, account for the amount of vulnerability that exists in … Axiomatic Properties and Applications," we, Kaushik Basu and myself, derive a new class of measures for unemployment or poverty …

' vulnerability to energy supply disruptions. Crude oil is stored in geologic formations, or salt domes, located under these …

important issues concerning vulnerability to the disruption of oil imports: (1) The Middle East is not the major supplier of oil … countries, there exist vulnerabilities to disruption of the export stream of oil, (4) Vulnerability reduction requires a focus … proportion of imported oil present a vulnerability to {open_quotes}price shocks{close_quotes} and the tremendous dislocations …

systems that resolve these weaknesses. This paper describes vulnerability assessment methodologies used in ongoing research …

pressure and other variables related to damage by pyroclastic flow into underground structures, and vulnerability criteria for …

assets using the ECIP program and ultimately produced individual protective measure and vulnerability values through the … protective measure and vulnerability indices (PMI/VI). The PMI/VI assess the protective measures posture of individual facilities …