Roland Hugh B, Curtis Katherine J, Malecki Kristen Mc, Lee Donghoon, Bazo Juan, Block Paul
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Ann Am Assoc Geogr. 2023;113(9):2126-2148. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2023.2216762. Epub 2023 Jul 20.
Geographically isolated places are often sites of exported environmental risks, intense resource extraction, exploitation and marginalization, and social policy neglect. These conditions create unique challenges related to vulnerability and adaptation that have direct disaster management implications. Our research investigates the relationship between geographic isolation and flood-related social vulnerability across Peru's ecological regions. Ecoregions have different relationships with colonialism and capitalism that shape vulnerability, and we hypothesize that the relationship between vulnerability and geographic isolation varies across ecoregions. Using mapping techniques and spatial regression analysis, we find that relationships between vulnerability and geographic isolation vary regionally, with differences that suggest alignment with regional contexts of extraction. We find notable differences in vulnerability related to public health infrastructure and access to services and between ecoregions with sharply contrasting histories of natural resource extraction and investment and disinvestment.
地理位置偏远的地区往往是环境风险输出、资源高强度开采、剥削与边缘化以及社会政策忽视的场所。这些情况带来了与脆弱性和适应能力相关的独特挑战，对灾害管理有着直接影响。我们的研究调查了秘鲁各生态区域地理隔离与洪水相关社会脆弱性之间的关系。生态区域与殖民主义和资本主义有着不同的关系，这些关系塑造了脆弱性，我们假设脆弱性与地理隔离之间的关系在不同生态区域有所不同。通过绘图技术和空间回归分析，我们发现脆弱性与地理隔离之间的关系存在区域差异，这些差异表明与区域开采背景相符。我们发现，在公共卫生基础设施以及获得服务方面的脆弱性存在显著差异，在自然资源开采、投资和撤资历史截然不同的生态区域之间也是如此。
