Vulnerability to environmental hazards in the Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)–El Paso (USA) metropolis: A model for spatial risk assessment in transnational context

Collins, Timothy W.; Grineski, Sara E.; Aguilar, María de Lourdes Romo

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.10.005

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“…Multiple studies have used the equal weight method to calculate vulnerability (e.g., Collins et al 2009;Tomlinson et al 2011;Vescovi et al 2005;Dong et al 2014). To compare the influence of the weight variance of vulnerability factors on heat risk, we computed the global mean risk under the condition that the weight of Aged ranges from 0.1 to 0.9 (step: 0.1) by the ratio of weight (GDP) and weight (edu) ranges from 0.1 to 0.9 (step: 0.1) and 1 to 10 (step: 1).…”

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New climate and socio-economic scenarios for assessing global human health challenges due to heat risk

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Motivated by growing heat-related morbidity and mortality in a warming climate, this paper assesses global heat health risk in order to understand the challenges to sustainability in the 21st century, using four Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) of the HadGEM2-ES climate model and five Shared Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs). Factors influencing global heat health risk were reviewed and risks were estimated based on heat hazard and socio-economic vulnerability. Hazard, vulnerability, risk and in particular, populations at different risk levels, were analyzed quantitatively at both global and regional scales. The results show that under an RCP8.5-SSP3 scenario, the world will be subject to the highest heat health risk, with rapidly increasing hazard levels and vulnerability over the century. Less developed or developing regions, such as Africa and Southeast Asia, are at the highest risk. The heat risk under an RCP2.6-SSP1 scenario will first increase and then fall, resulting in the lowest heat-health-risk pattern. We found that heat health risk will increase during the century under all RCP-SSP scenarios, with a higher frequency, higher intensity, longer duration and Climatic Change (2015) expanding spatial reach. Significant differences were observed across regions. The results make clear that the increasing risk poses significant challenges to sustainable human health. To meet these challenges, more attention and effective actions are urgently needed from both policy makers and individuals.

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New climate and socio-economic scenarios for assessing global human health challenges due to heat risk

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“…Research that deals more directly with human waste is even less widespread although empirical work on 'watsan' (water and sanitation) issues in the global South (Andersson, 2001;Desai, 1995aDesai, , 1995bGandy, 2008;Giles & Brown, 1997;McFarlane, 2008aMcFarlane, , 2008bO'Hara, Hannan, & Genina, 2007;Jewitt and Labhsetwar, 2009;Swyngedouw, 2004, Swyngedouw, Kaiko, & Castro, 2002 and research on the analysis, modelling and prediction of water and beach contamination by sewage and other pollutants (Reeves and Patton, 2005;Kay et al, 2007;Collins and Anthony, 2008;Rahman, 2008;Anayah and Almasri, 2009) demonstrates the importance of applied geographical research on these topics. And in combination with wider geographical research on environmental quality, this work has provided some important monitoring, modelling and participatory resource management tools for improved landuse planning and environmental management which have great relevance for understanding and managing the threats and opportunities created by human excreta (He et al, 2006;Ivey et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2007;Collins and Anthony, 2008;de Graaff, 2008;Maconachie et al, 2008: Zeilhofer andTopanotti 2008;Rahman, 2008;Anayah and Almasri, 2009;Collins et al, 2009;Dewan and Yamaguchi, 2009;Kamusoko et al, 2009;Maantay and Maroko, 2009;Rhoades et al, 2009;Velázquez et al, 2009;Mishra and Griffin, 2010).…”

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2011

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“…The methods vary from rough indices (Ferrier & Haque, 2003) to refined evaluations based on complex calculations (Collins, Grineski, & Romo, 2009;Tran, O'Neill, & Smith, 2010;Vinet, 2008;Wood, 2009). Selecting the best option depends largely on the availability of information and on the working scale used.…”

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Flood risk assessment and mapping in peri-urban Mediterranean environments using hydrogeomorphology. Application to ephemeral streams in the Valencia region (eastern Spain)

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Soriano-García²

2012

Landscape and Urban Planning

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a b s t r a c tThis paper proposes a methodology for mapping flood risk in ephemeral streams, based on assessing flood hazards and global exposure. The method has been applied to the peri-urban area of Valencia, extended over the floodplains of the Barranco del Carraixet and Rambla de Poyo catchments. Hazard was assessed using hydrogeomorphological methods. Global exposure was estimated as a combination between the economic value of land use and human exposure, following a previous study carried out by Camarasa, A.M., López, M.J. and Soriano, J., 2011. Mapping temporally variable exposure to flooding in small Mediterranean basins using land-use indicators, Applied Geography 31 (19), 136-145. Synthesis mapping was elaborated to spatially rank flood risks, in terms of their hazard and exposure components. The method is simple, effective and easily comparable. The results reveal diverse risk configurations for each floodplain, even though both are in the vicinity of Valencia city (metropolitan area). This flood risk mapping method is very useful for land use planning because it enables swift diagnosis of the nature of risks and can supports decision making by risk managers and urban planners.

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Vulnerability to environmental hazards in the Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)–El Paso (USA) metropolis: A model for spatial risk assessment in transnational context

Cited by 88 publications

References 35 publications

New climate and socio-economic scenarios for assessing global human health challenges due to heat risk

New climate and socio-economic scenarios for assessing global human health challenges due to heat risk

Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

Flood risk assessment and mapping in peri-urban Mediterranean environments using hydrogeomorphology. Application to ephemeral streams in the Valencia region (eastern Spain)

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