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Glossary
<br />San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan Page vii
<br />Hazard Mitigation: Sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life
<br />and property through actions that reduce hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.14
<br />Impact: The effects (especially the negative effects) of a hazard or other conditions associated with
<br />climate change.
<br />Just transition: A sustainable and equitable economic transition to carbon neutrality, shifting
<br />economic activities to sustainable models in a way that prioritizes job quality, equity, and economic
<br />opportunity for affected and disadvantaged communities. 15
<br />Resilience: The capacity of any entity—an individual, a community, an organization, or a natural
<br />system—to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow
<br />from a disruptive experience. Community resilience is the ability of communities to withstand,
<br />recover, and learn from past disasters to strengthen future response and recovery efforts.
<br />Risk: The potential for damage or loss created by the interaction of hazards with assets such as
<br />buildings, infrastructure, or natural and cultural resources.
<br />Sensitivity: The level to which a species, natural system, or community, government, etc., would
<br />be affected by changing climate conditions.16
<br />Social Vulnerability: The susceptibility of a given population to harm from exposure to a hazard,
<br />directly affecting its ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover.17, 18
<br />Susceptibility: A person or population’s potential for vulnerability due to demographic,
<br />socioeconomic, and geolocation characteristics.
<br />Vulnerability: Climate vulnerability describes the degree to which natural, built, and human
<br />systems are susceptible “…to harm from exposure to stresses associated with environmental and
<br />social change and from the absence of capacity to adapt.”19
<br />Vulnerability Assessment: An analysis of how a changing climate may harm a community and
<br />which elements—people, buildings and structures, resources, and other assets—are most
<br />vulnerable to its effects based on an assessment of exposure, sensitivity, the potential impact(s),
<br />and the community’s adaptive capacity.
<br />Vulnerable Communities: Vulnerable communities experience heightened risk and increased
<br />sensitivity to climate change and have less capacity and fewer resources to cope with, adapt to, or
<br />recover from climate impacts. These disproportionate effects are caused by physical (built and
<br />environmental), social, political, and/or economic factor(s), which are exacerbated by climate
<br />impacts.20
<br />Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable populations include, but are not limited to, women; racial or
<br />ethnic groups; low-income individuals and families; individuals who are incarcerated or have been
<br />incarcerated; individuals with disabilities; individuals with mental health conditions; children; youth
<br />and young adults; seniors; immigrants and refugees; individuals who are limited English proficient
<br />(LEP); and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities, or
<br />combinations of these populations.21, 22
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