Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China

Many disaster studies in the social sciences have so far pointed out that contemporary urbanization catalyzes the transformation of actual and potential risks into disasters. Compared with the greater attention paid to the losses of disasters, there is inadequate recognition of the roles of deep-sea...

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Autores principales:	Jia Xu, Makoto Takahashi
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	urbanization marginalization urban village social vulnerability disaster risk Social Sciences H
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:450b8d9032e344c4ae254bbd6f1fb6ba2021-11-25T18:59:45ZUrban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China10.3390/socsci101104242076-0760https://doaj.org/article/450b8d9032e344c4ae254bbd6f1fb6ba2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/11/424https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0760Many disaster studies in the social sciences have so far pointed out that contemporary urbanization catalyzes the transformation of actual and potential risks into disasters. Compared with the greater attention paid to the losses of disasters, there is inadequate recognition of the roles of deep-seated social factors in addressing environmental changes and risks. In addition, very few discussions about social vulnerabilities have paid attention to China, even though they focus on developing countries. In the past four decades, China’s rapid urbanization, urban expansions, and large-scale rural-urban migration have led to increasing difficulties in urban management, generating a large number of marginalized populations and spaces that are often called urban villages. The current marginalization problems are connected with economic poverty, sustained exclusion, and social inequality under state-managed urbanization. This study aims to provide a valuable discussion on the relationship between rapid urbanization and urban marginalization to identify the underlying causes of social vulnerability from the perspectives of institution, space, and urban governance, reviewing the experiences of China’s urbanization. This study concludes that urbanization-induced marginalization has adverse impacts on structural resistance to external pressures such as natural disasters.Jia XuMakoto TakahashiMDPI AGarticleurbanizationmarginalizationurban villagesocial vulnerabilitydisaster riskSocial SciencesHENSocial Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 424, p 424 (2021)
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description	Many disaster studies in the social sciences have so far pointed out that contemporary urbanization catalyzes the transformation of actual and potential risks into disasters. Compared with the greater attention paid to the losses of disasters, there is inadequate recognition of the roles of deep-seated social factors in addressing environmental changes and risks. In addition, very few discussions about social vulnerabilities have paid attention to China, even though they focus on developing countries. In the past four decades, China’s rapid urbanization, urban expansions, and large-scale rural-urban migration have led to increasing difficulties in urban management, generating a large number of marginalized populations and spaces that are often called urban villages. The current marginalization problems are connected with economic poverty, sustained exclusion, and social inequality under state-managed urbanization. This study aims to provide a valuable discussion on the relationship between rapid urbanization and urban marginalization to identify the underlying causes of social vulnerability from the perspectives of institution, space, and urban governance, reviewing the experiences of China’s urbanization. This study concludes that urbanization-induced marginalization has adverse impacts on structural resistance to external pressures such as natural disasters.
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title	Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China
title_short	Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China
title_full	Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China
title_fullStr	Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China
title_full_unstemmed	Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China
title_sort	urban marginalization and the declining capacity for disaster risks in contemporary china
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China

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