further defined vulnerability as“the degree to which a system, subsystem, or system component is likely to experience harm due to exposure to a hazard, either a perturbation or stress/stressor”. Vulnerability has generally been conceptualized as being constituted by three interrelated components: (1) exposure to perturbation; (2) sensitivity of the system to perturbation; and (3) system’s capacity to adapt (Adger, 2006).The exposure and sensitivity of a system are affected by the inter-action of environmental and social forces, while adaptive capacityis shaped by socio-economic, cultural, and political forces