Figure 17 clearly shows that a large proportion of high social vulnerability is found within the south-west high risk zones which vary between 7.5 to 28.5 such as the village regions: Ngablak (A), Ngargosoko (B) and Tlogolele (C) which have a SVI of 0.5 to 1.5. Located just south-west of these village areas are: Tegalrandu (D), Srumbung (E) and Polengan (F) which have a SVI of >1.5 but are on risk factor variance of 5 to 10. This is a problem similar to that of population risk; Ngablak has a lower SVI than that of Tegalrandu but because of the risk value that is in Tegalrandu (4.5 to 8 as opposed to the larger range of 0.5 to 14 in Ngablak) it boosts the ‘literal’ risk of the area. As mentioned before, social vulnerability highlights how much money an area has and the preparedness of the region, which in turn affects how badly the region is or can be affected by a natural hazard in this case; the multiple hazard impacts of Mount Merapi. With the added curse of a booming population and the staggeringly low SVI, this generates and highlights the impacts of the need for evacuation procedures and education in the village areas surrounding Mount Merapi.