Why are developing countries more vulnerable to natural disasters?

or:Why are developing countries more vulnerable to natural disasters?or:these reasons may be easily classified into categories like social, economic,

or:Why are developing countries more vulnerable to natural disasters?

or:these reasons may be easily classified into categories like social, economic, political and environmental ignorance to indigenous knowledge system (IKS), Technological Legging, failure to adapt to changes e.g from rain-fed to irrigation agriculture or global change, financial incapability of the governments or local authorities, over-dependence from NGOs, population growth against resources, lack of education, lack of emergency preparedness, lack of gender mainstreaming, politics(major) governments focusing on power than national security, weak legislature and institutions, lack of resources

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