In general, the identification and protection of vulnerable groups in the case of hazards or when a crisis unfolds is an issue that any crisis and disaster risk management should address, since people have different levels of exposure to hazards and crises.

In this article, we promote the application of the intersectionality perspective in the study of vulnerable groups, and we call for intersectionality as a guiding principle in risk and crisis management, to provide a better and more nuanced picture of vulnerabilities and vulnerable groups. This can help national and local authorities and agencies to formulate specific guides, to hire staff with the skills necessary to meet particular needs, and to inform vulnerable groups in a particular way, taking into account the differences that may coexist within the same group. Intersectionality allows us to read vulnerability not as the characteristic of some socio-demographic groups. It is rather the result of different and interdependent societal stratification processes that result in multiple dimensions of marginalisation. In this vein, we argue that research should focus on 1) self-perceived vulnerability of individuals and an intersectionality approach to unpack vulnerable groups; 2) cases of crises according to the level and/or likelihood of individual exposure to hazards, to better nuance issues of vulnerability.

通常，在发生灾害或发生危机时识别和保护弱势群体是任何危机和灾害风险管理都应解决的问题，因为人们面对危险和危机的程度不同。

在本文中，我们促进了交叉性观点在弱势群体研究中的应用，并呼吁将交叉性作为风险和危机管理的指导原则，以提供更好和更细致的漏洞和弱势群体图景。这可以帮助国家和地方当局和机构制定具体指南，雇用具有满足特定需求所需技能的人员，并以特定方式向弱势群体提供信息，同时考虑到同一群体中可能共存的差异。交叉性使我们能够阅读脆弱性，而不是某些社会人口群体的特征。而是不同和相互依存的社会分层过程的结果，导致了边缘化的多个层面。以这种方式，我们认为研究应集中在以下方面：1）个人的自我感知脆弱性和采用交叉方法来解散脆弱群体；2）根据个人暴露于危险的程度和/或可能性，以更好地细化脆弱性问题而发生危机的情况。