qualitative and quantitative assessments

Prepare an essay Identifying the paradigms for qualitative and quantitative assessments of vulnerability regarding natural disasters. Also, defines the concept of vulnerability and elaborate upon the multi-disciplinary theories that support both the technical and the social origins of the concept of vulnerability. Finally, identify and discuss four actions that local government takes when a disaster occurs and list three State government actions in response to a disaster that may lead to a Federal disaster declaration. Please use attached references.