Vulnerability is intrinsically a multi-faceted characteristic.
Little research has been undertaken on population vulnerability specifically in relation to climate change and health. Woodward et al. With the partial exception of the first two, each of these act principally by reducing the population's capacity for adaptive response. The attainment of good public health depends on there being a responsive social order. The lack of a flexible and responsive political system and public institutions may have contributed to recent, severe impacts of climate-related disasters in parts of Asia, such as widespread forest fires in Indonesia and famine following flooding in North Korea.