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So vulnerability should be understood as a dynamic characteristic
which evolves over time (Figure 6.6), and which expands or contracts
depending on changes in the context of hazards on the one hand, and
on the measures taken by the societies on the other. Virtuous or
vicious circles can arise between vulnerability and adaptation and
therefore, adaptation should also be considered as dynamic and
evolving.
Figure 6.6. Vulnerability evolves over time, as a function of the
adaptation measures and of the adaptation capacity resulting from these
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