Rubin Oliver, Rossing Tine
Roskilde University, Denmark.
Bull Lat Am Res. 2012;31(1):19-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2011.00607.x.
The Latin American region is particularly prone to climate-related natural hazards. However, this article argues that natural hazards are only partly to blame for the region's vulnerability to natural disasters with quantitative evidence suggesting instead that income per capita and inequality are main determinants of natural disaster mortality in Latin America. Locally, the region's poor are particularly susceptible to climate-related natural hazards. As a result of their limited access to capital, adaptation based on social assets constitutes an effective coping strategy. Evidence from Bolivia and Belize illustrates the importance of social assets in protecting the most vulnerable against natural disasters.
拉丁美洲地区特别容易遭受与气候相关的自然灾害。然而，本文认为，该地区易受自然灾害影响不能完全归咎于自然灾害，定量证据表明，人均收入和不平等是拉丁美洲自然灾害死亡率的主要决定因素。在当地，该地区的贫困人口特别容易受到与气候相关的自然灾害的影响。由于他们获得资本的机会有限，基于社会资产的适应构成了一种有效的应对策略。来自玻利维亚和伯利兹的证据说明了社会资产在保护最弱势群体免受自然灾害影响方面的重要性。
