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Agent-Based Simulation of Vulnerability Dynamics

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Risk is a social construct. This statement refers to risk from the perspective of individuals, meaning that risk is shaped by human cognition and influenced by a variety of other social factors of a person.

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Sobiech, C. (2013). Introduction. In: Agent-Based Simulation of Vulnerability Dynamics. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32365-2_1

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