A comprehensive assessment of urban vulnerability and its spatial differentiation in China

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Chuanglin Fang ; Yan Wang ; Jiawen Fang
• 关键词：urban vulnerability ; comprehensive assessment ; spatial differentiation ; sustainable development ; China
• 刊名：Journal of Geographical Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：26
• 期：2
• 页码：153-170
• 全文大小：2,533 KB
• 参考文献：Abbas EL-Zein, Fahim N T, 2015. Assessment of vulnerability to climate change using a multi-criteria outranking approach with application to heat stress in Sydney. Ecological Indicators, 48(8): 207鈥?17.
  Adger W N, Brooks N, Bentham G, Eriksen S, 2004. New Indicators of Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity. Norwich: Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (Technical Report No.7).
  Adger W N, 2006. Vulnerability. Global Environmental Change, 16(3): 268鈥?81.CrossRef
  Adrianto L, Matsuda Y, 2002. Developing economic vulnerability indices of environmental disasters in small island regions. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 22: 393鈥?14.CrossRef
  Birkmann J, 2007. Risk and vulnerability indicators at different scales: applicability, usefulness and policy implications. Environmental Hazards, 7(1): 20鈥?1.CrossRef
  Burton I, Kates R W, White G F, 1978. The Environment as Hazard. New York: Oxford University Press.
  Cai Haisheng, Liu Musheng, Chen Meiqiu et al., 2009. Dynamic evaluation of ecological frangibility of Jiangxi Province based on GIS. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation, 29(5): 190鈥?96. (in Chinese)
  Chambers R, 1989. Editorial introduction: Vulnerability, coping and policy. Institute of Development Studies Bulletin, 20(2): 1鈥?.CrossRef
  Chan K W, 2007. Misconceptions and complexities in the study of China鈥檚 cities: Definitions, statistics, and implications. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 48: 383鈥?12.CrossRef
  Chinese Architecture Bookstore LLC, 2008. National Urban Planning Norms. Beijing: China Building Industry Press. (in Chinese)
  Cutter S L, 1996. Vulnerability to environmental hazards. Progress in Human Geography, 20(4): 529鈥?39.CrossRef
  Cutter S L, Boruff B J, Shirley W L, 2003. Social vulnerability to environmental hazards. Social Science Quarterly, 84(2): 242鈥?61.CrossRef
  Duan Zhe, 2005. Regional sustainable development evaluation index system and comprehensive evaluation. Technoeconomics & Management Research, (3): 27鈥?8. (in Chinese)
  Fang Chuanglin, 2000. The Regional Development Planning. Beijing: Science Press. (in Chinese)
  Fang Chuanglin, 2009. Issues of resources and environment protection in China鈥檚 rapid urbanization process and suggestions on countermeasures. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, (5): 468鈥?74. (in Chinese)
  Fang Chuanglin, Liu Xiaoli, Lin Xueqin, 2008. Stages correction and regularity analysis of urbanization course of China. Arid Land Geography, 31(4): 512鈥?23. (in Chinese)
  Fang Chuanglin, Wang Deli, 2011. Comprehensive measures and improvement of Chinese urbanization development quality. Geographical Research, 30(11): 1931鈥?946. (in Chinese)
  Fang Xiuqi, Yin Peihong, 2007. Review on the three key concepts of resilience, vulnerability and adaptation in the research of global environmental change. Progress in Geography, 26(5): 11鈥?2. (in Chinese)
  Grasso M, Moneo M, Arena M, 2014. Assessing social vulnerability to climate change in Samoa. Regional Environmental Change, 14: 1329鈥?341.CrossRef
  Holling C S, 2001. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and social systems. Ecosystems, 4(5): 390鈥?05.CrossRef
  Huang Li, Shen Lianfeng, Wu Mingzuo, 2006. Analysis and assessment of the eco-environment frangibility of Henan Province. Henan Science, 24(4): 596鈥?99. (in Chinese)
  IMF, 2007. World Economic Outlook Database [DB/OL]. http://鈥媤ww.鈥媔mf.鈥媜rg/鈥媏xternal/鈥媝ubs/鈥媐t/鈥媤eo/鈥?007/鈥?2/鈥媔ndex.鈥媓tm.鈥?/div>
  Janssen M A, 2007. An update on the scholarly networks on resilience, vulnerability, and adaptation within the human dimensions of global environmental change. Ecology and Society, 12(2): 9.
  Janssena M A, Schoon M L, Ke W et al., 2006. Scholarly networks on resilience, vulnerability and adaptation within the human dimensions of global environmental change. Global Environmental Change, 16(3): 240鈥?52.CrossRef
  Rosenthal J K, Kinney P L, Metzger K B, 2014. Intra-urban vulnerability to heat-related mortality in New York City, 1997鈥?006. Health & Place, 30: 45鈥?0.CrossRef
  Kelly P M, Adger W N, 2000. Theory and practice in assessing vulnerability to climate change and facilitating adaptation. Climatic Change, 47(4): 325鈥?52.CrossRef
  Koh J, 2011. Local Vulnerability assessment of climate change and its implications: The case of Gyeonggi-Do, Korea. Local Sustainability, 1: 411鈥?27.CrossRef
  Li He, Zhang Pingyu, 2011. Research progress and prospective applications of vulnerability approach under global change. Progress in Geography, 30(7): 920鈥?29. (in Chinese)
  Liu Yi, Huang Jianyi, Ma Li, 2010. The assessment of regional vulnerability to natural disasters in China based on DEA model. Geographical Research, 29(7): 1153鈥?162. (in Chinese)
  Liu Yanhua, Li Xiubin, 2010. Fragile Ecological Environment and Sustainable Development. Beijing: The Commercial Press. (in Chinese)
  Liverman D M, 1990. Vulnerability to global environmental change. In: Kasperson, R E, Dow, D G, Kasperson J X (eds.), Understanding Global Environmental Change: The Contributions of Risk Analysis and Management. Worchester: Clark University.
  Liverman D M, 2008. Assessing impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: Reflections on the Working Group Ii Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Global Environmental Change, 18: 4鈥?.CrossRef
  McCarthy J J, Canziani O F, Leary N A et al., 2001. Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  Muller A, Reiter J, Weiland U, 2011. Assessment of urban vulnerability towards floods using an indicator-based approach: A case study for Santiago de Chile. Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences & Discussions, 11(8): 2107鈥?123.CrossRef
  Newell B, Crumley C L, Hassan N, 2005. A conceptual template for integrative human-environment research. Global Environmental Change, 15: 299鈥?07.CrossRef
  Nhuan M T, Hien L T T, Ha N T H et al., 2014. An integrated and quantitative vulnerability assessment for proactive hazard response and sustainability: A case study on the Chan May-Lang Co Gulf area, Central Vietnam. Sustainability Science, 9: 399鈥?09.CrossRef
  Oluoko-Odingo AA, 2011. Vulnerability and adaptation to food insecurity and poverty in Kenya. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101(1): 1鈥?0.CrossRef
  Piegorsch W W, Cutter S L, Hardisty F, 2007. Benchmark analysis for quantifying urban vulnerability to terrorist incidents. Risk Analysis, 27(6): 1411鈥?425.CrossRef
  Renaud F, Perez R, 2010. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments. Sustainability Science, 5: 155鈥?57.CrossRef
  Roberts M G, Yang Guoan, 2003. The international progress of sustainable development research: A comparison of vulnerability analysis and the sustainable livelihoods approach. Progress in Geography, 22(1): 12鈥?1.
  Seraj S M, Badruzzaman A B M, 1997. Potential hazards and vulnerability in urban development of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Engineering Geology and the Environment, 1鈥?: 1487鈥?492.
  Siagian T H, Purhadi P, Suhartono S, Ritonga H, 2014. Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Indonesia: Driving factors and policy implications. Natural Hazards, 70(2): 1603鈥?617.CrossRef
  Su Fei, Zhang Pingyu, Li He, 2008. Vulnerability assessment of coal-mining cities鈥?economic systems in China. Geographical Research, 27(4): 907鈥?16. (in Chinese)
  Swift J, 1989. Why are rural people vulnerable to famine? IDS Bulletin, 20(2): 8鈥?5.CrossRef
  Tian Yaping, Xiang Qingcheng, Wang Ping, 2013. Regional coupled human-natural systems vulnerability and its evaluation indexes. Geographical Research, 32(1): 55鈥?3. (in Chinese)
  Urban Social and Economic Survey Team of National Bureau, 2004. China Urban Development Report. Beijing: China Statistics Press. (in Chinese)
  Usha T, Murthy M V R, Reddy N T, Mishra P, 2012. Tsunami vulnerability assessment in urban areas using numerical model and GIS. Natural Hazards, 60(1): 135鈥?47.CrossRef
  Wang Yan, Fang Chuanglin, 2013. Urban vulnerability: Progress and prospect. Progress in Geography, 32(5): 755鈥?68. (in Chinese)
  Watson R T, Zinyowera M C, Moss R H, 1996. Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations, and Mitigation of Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  White G F, Haas J E, 1975. Assessment of Research on Natural Hazards. Cambridge: MIT Press.
  Yang Haijun, Xiao Lingji, Zou Zeqing, 2008. On judgment standard of industrialization stage, the flaw and revision of Hoffman coefficiency: Evidence from Jiangxi & Jiangsu. Collected Essays on Finance and Economics, (2): 7鈥?4. (in Chinese)
  Ye Yuming, 2001. Approach on China鈥檚 urbanization quality. China Soft Science, (7): 27鈥?1. (in Chinese)
  Yi Lixin, Zhang Xi, Ge Lingling et al., 2014. Analysis of social vulnerability to hazards in China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 71: 3109鈥?117.CrossRef
  Zhang Weixi, 2006. A study and assessment on vulnerability of the regional development [D]. Tianjin: Tianjin University. (in Chinese)
  Zhao Guojie, Zhang Weixi, 2006. A study on vulnerability of the region economy and society-Hebei. Shanghai Economy Research, (1): 65鈥?9, 96. (in Chinese)
  Zhou Yang, Li Ning, Wu Wenxiang et al., 2014. Assessment of provincial social vulnerability to natural disasters in China. Natural Hazards, 71(3): 2165鈥?186. (in Chinese)CrossRef
  
• 作者单位：Chuanglin Fang (1)
  Yan Wang (1)
  Jiawen Fang (2)
  
  1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China
  2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
  
• 刊物主题：Physical Geography; Nature Conservation; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1861-9568

文摘

The urban vulnerability poses a serious challenge to achieving sustainable development. With the concentration of the population and the economy, cities must manage the higher frequencies and risks of various hazards and are becoming more vulnerable. Research on the assessment and regulatory control of urban vulnerability is of great significance for both urbanization quality improvement and sustainable development in China or other countries in the world. Because of the complexity of cities and vulnerability concepts, existing studies have focused on different aspects of urban vulnerability. And the research content of urban vulnerability is scattered and relatively independent, leading to a lack of comparability among the research data and resulting in tremendous difficulties in summarizing the conclusions through comparison of independent research data. Therefore the goal of this study was to construct urban vulnerability index (UVI) from the perspective of sustainable development that could assess urban vulnerability comprehensively. In this study, we selected 10 subindexes involving 36 specific parameters from four aspects (resources, eco-environmental systems, economics, and social development) to construct a comprehensive index system. We also established the standard values of measurements. Then we take 288 prefecture-level cities in China as a study area and evaluate its overall urban vulnerability and its spatial differentiation. Results indicate that urban vulnerability of China has a remarkable spatial differentiation of both 鈥済radient distribution鈥?and 鈥渃lustered distribution鈥? the extent of urban vulnerability corresponds to city size, the bigger the city, the lower its vulnerability; resource- based cities are more vulnerable than comprehensive cities; a city鈥檚 economic growth rate does not reflect the extent of its urban vulnerability. Further, we offer a few suggestions to cope with urban vulnerability in China. Keywords urban vulnerability comprehensive assessment spatial differentiation sustainable development China