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DOI	10.3390/su12124910
	Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Namibia: A District-Based Analysis
	Kapuka, Alpo; Hlasny, Tomas
通讯作者	Hlasny, T
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:12
英文摘要	Southern Africa is one of the world's poorest and most vulnerable regions with severe barriers to its sustainable development. We strived to understand here the patterns and drivers of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Namibia, which is the most arid sub-Saharan country with large social inequalities. We used a total of 12 indicators that characterized social, economic and demographic settings of the 14 districts in the country. Further, we evaluated the countrywide pattern of most relevant natural hazards, including wildfires, floods and drought. We identified the main factors driving social vulnerability in the districts, and we evaluated how the socio-economic fitness of populations coincided with the distribution of high-hazard areas. We found that populations with the poorest socio-economic performance were mostly distributed in the country's northern districts, which are also exposed to the highest frequency and severity of natural hazards, particularly to floods and wildfires. This coincidence of highly sensitive populations with high exposure to hazards renders these populations particularly vulnerable. That the frequency of natural hazards increases with climate change, and implementation of programs enhancing the social resilience is insufficient, underscores the urgency of actions targeted at the priority areas identified herein.
英文关键词	hazard-prone areas social inequality adaptation southern Africa vulnerability index
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000549340500001
WOS关键词	CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS ; SOUTHERN AFRICA ; RIVER-BASIN ; COPING STRATEGIES ; FIRE MANAGEMENT ; COMPOSITE INDEX ; DISASTER RISK ; RESILIENCE ; FLOOD ; CONTEXT
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325073
作者单位	[Kapuka, Alpo; Hlasny, Tomas] Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Forestry & Wood Sci, Kamycka 129, Prague 16500 6, Czech Republic
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kapuka, Alpo,Hlasny, Tomas. Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Namibia: A District-Based Analysis[J],2020,12(12).
APA	Kapuka, Alpo,&Hlasny, Tomas.(2020).Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Namibia: A District-Based Analysis.SUSTAINABILITY,12(12).
MLA	Kapuka, Alpo,et al."Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Namibia: A District-Based Analysis".SUSTAINABILITY 12.12(2020).