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Geographic Isolation and Vulnerability Across Peru’s Ecological Regions: The Influence of Regional Contexts of Extraction

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  • Hugh B. Roland
  • Katherine J. Curtis
  • Kristen M. C. Malecki
  • Donghoon Lee
  • Juan Bazo
  • Paul Block

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Geographically isolated places are often sites of exported environmental risks, intense resource extraction, exploitation and marginalization, and social policy neglect. These conditions create unique challenges related to vulnerability and adaptation that have direct disaster management implications. Our research investigates the relationship between geographic isolation and flood-related social vulnerability across Peru’s ecological regions. Ecoregions have different relationships with colonialism and capitalism that shape vulnerability, and we hypothesize that the relationship between vulnerability and geographic isolation varies across ecoregions. Using mapping techniques and spatial regression analysis, we find that relationships between vulnerability and geographic isolation vary regionally, with differences that suggest alignment with regional contexts of extraction. We find notable differences in vulnerability related to public health infrastructure and access to services and between ecoregions with sharply contrasting histories of natural resource extraction and investment and disinvestment.

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  • Hugh B. Roland & Katherine J. Curtis & Kristen M. C. Malecki & Donghoon Lee & Juan Bazo & Paul Block, 2023. "Geographic Isolation and Vulnerability Across Peru’s Ecological Regions: The Influence of Regional Contexts of Extraction," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 113(9), pages 2126-2148, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:raagxx:v:113:y:2023:i:9:p:2126-2148
    DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2023.2216762
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