Subject(s): Geography -- Socioecomic Factors -- Vulnerable Populations -- Disaster relief -- Natural disasters -- Human beings -- Effect of environment -- Political ecology. -- Theorizing vulnerability in globalized world- political ecological perspective, historical geography of disaster- vulnerability and local knowledge, need for rethinking the concepts of vulnerability and risk from a holistic perspective- necessary review and criticism for effective risk management, complexity and diversity- unloking social domins of disaster response, lower lempa river valley, El Salvador- risk reduction and development project, El Nino events forecasts and decision making, vulnerable regions v/s vulnerable people- Ethiopia, from vulnerability to empowerment -- Progress in analysis of social vulnerability and capacity, vulnerability reduction- task or the vulnerability people themselves, macro economic concepts of vulnerability dynamics, complexity and public policy, gender vulnerability analysis towards a more nuanced approach, assessment of capability and vulnerability