Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Climate change and rapid urbanization make our society more vulnerable to natural disasters.In particular, socially vulnerable groups are known to be more vulnerable to natural disasters.Therefore, in terms of environmental justice, it is important to implement urban planning for disaster prevention among socially vulnerable groups.Hence, this study examines the spatial relationship between socially vulnerable groups and flood vulnerable areas.The study area is Jeju where floods occur frequently due to climate and geographical characteristics, and the data was collected from 2006 to 2017 at the census-output-area level.Using this method, we conduct hot spot analysis to identify where high or low values are statistically clustered.Then, we perform a correlation analysis to explore the relationships between social and flood vulnerability.We find that socially vulnerable groups have a positive correlation with flood vulnerable areas.It is meaningful that this study conducts an empirical analysis, which implies the high probability of lack of environmental justice in terms of natural disasters.Moreover, this study is expected to contribute toward the formulation of site-specific disaster management plans by a greater understanding of the relationship between flood vulnerable areas and social vulnerable factors.
Authors: Jungseok Seo, Woosuk Han
Institution: Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Award: G4982064565
OpenAlex ID: W2972204986