Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards
The research paper provides an assessment of spatial differences of vulnerability levels for the population Moscow to possible natural and man-made hazards, taking into account the actual population size and aspects of its intraday spatial movement. In addition to official statistical sources, we us...
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| description | The research paper provides an assessment of spatial differences of vulnerability levels for the population Moscow to possible natural and man-made hazards, taking into account the actual population size and aspects of its intraday spatial movement. In addition to official statistical sources, we used data of mobile operators, which made it possible to characterize the localization of subscribers at a certain point in time with the maximal degree of reliability. Thus, it helped us to significantly correct and clarify the current concepts of the population in Moscow. According to the cluster analysis’ results, the potentially most vulnerable areas of Moscow were identified, and grouped into six types. The cluster analysis and typology were based on the characteristics of the density of the existing population, the regime of population fluctuations and the deviation of population indicators from the data of official statistics. In order to man-made risk assessment consideration of sanitary protection zones (SPZ) of industrial and utility facilities of the city have been added to the idea of the population vulnerability. The results of the study show the inconsistency of existing approaches to risk assessment based on official social statistics. The paper also first presents the typology of urban areas of Moscow, which sheds light on the main features of its spatial structure in the context of potential vulnerability of citizens to natural and man-made emergencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b2ea763efb24d7b840b7dc9007d600b2022-12-22T04:01:06ZengElsevierCity and Environment Interactions2590-25202022-08-0115100082Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazardsSvetlana Badina0Roman Babkin1Alexander Bereznyatsky2Roman Bobrovskiy3Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny lane, 36, Moscow 117997, Russia; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow 119991, Russia; Corresponding author at: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny lane, 36, Moscow 117997, Russia.Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny lane, 36, Moscow 117997, RussiaPlekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny lane, 36, Moscow 117997, RussiaPlekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny lane, 36, Moscow 117997, RussiaThe research paper provides an assessment of spatial differences of vulnerability levels for the population Moscow to possible natural and man-made hazards, taking into account the actual population size and aspects of its intraday spatial movement. In addition to official statistical sources, we used data of mobile operators, which made it possible to characterize the localization of subscribers at a certain point in time with the maximal degree of reliability. Thus, it helped us to significantly correct and clarify the current concepts of the population in Moscow. According to the cluster analysis’ results, the potentially most vulnerable areas of Moscow were identified, and grouped into six types. The cluster analysis and typology were based on the characteristics of the density of the existing population, the regime of population fluctuations and the deviation of population indicators from the data of official statistics. In order to man-made risk assessment consideration of sanitary protection zones (SPZ) of industrial and utility facilities of the city have been added to the idea of the population vulnerability. The results of the study show the inconsistency of existing approaches to risk assessment based on official social statistics. The paper also first presents the typology of urban areas of Moscow, which sheds light on the main features of its spatial structure in the context of potential vulnerability of citizens to natural and man-made emergencies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590252022000046Population vulnerabilityNatural and man-made hazardsRiskUrban resilienceRussiaMoscow |
| spellingShingle | Svetlana Badina Roman Babkin Alexander Bereznyatsky Roman Bobrovskiy Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards City and Environment Interactions Population vulnerability Natural and man-made hazards Risk Urban resilience Russia Moscow |
| title | Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards |
| title_full | Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards |
| title_fullStr | Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards |
| title_short | Spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards |
| title_sort | spatial aspects of urban population vulnerability to natural and man made hazards |
| topic | Population vulnerability Natural and man-made hazards Risk Urban resilience Russia Moscow |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590252022000046 |
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