The Role of the Spatial Network in Urban Disaster Risk Variations: Reimagining the Notion of Spatial Vulnerability at the Urban Scale

• Published in: International journal of disaster risk science Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 303 - 316
• Main Authors: Del Pinto, Monia, Chmutina, Ksenia, Palaiologou, Falli, Bosher, Lee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.06.2024; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Central Italy Earthquakes; Cities; Climate Change; Concept formation; Configurations; Disaster management; Disaster risk; Disaster studies; Disasters; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earthquakes; Emergency preparedness; Environment; Evacuations & rescues; Investigations; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Natural disasters; Natural Hazards; Networks; Open spaces; Pedestrian evacuation; Pedestrians; Planning; Policies; Qualitative research; Risk; Risk management; Risk reduction; Seismic activity; Seismic engineering; Space syntax; Spatial vulnerability; Sustainable Development; Urban areas; Urban disaster risk; Urban planning; United Kingdom; Spatial vulnerability; Pedestrian evacuation; Central Italy Earthquakes; Space syntax; Urban disaster risk

The notion of “spatial vulnerability” is present in most disaster studies with a strong geographical connotation and accordingly is adopted at all scales, including the urban. While enabling mapping and visualizing risk patterns at macroscales, this geocentric foundation fails to capture disaster ri...