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Assessment of Urban Neighbourhoods’ Vulnerability through an Integrated Vulnerability Index (IVI): Evidence from Barcelona, Spain

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  • Gonzalo Piasek

    (Architectural Technology Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Iraide Fernández Aragón

    (Sociology and Social Work Department, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Julia Shershneva

    (Sociology and Social Work Department, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Pilar Garcia-Almirall

    (Architectural Technology Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

Urban inequality, specifically in vulnerable areas, has been a study topic from the earliest days of sociology to the present. This study’s objective is to discuss the scope and limitation of the concept of urban vulnerability, whilst generating an index that detects urban vulnerability in all its dimensions. A factor analysis of the main components was conducted resulting in the formation of four partial indices related to the social class, gentrification, social and employment, and physical & architectural dimensions of urban vulnerability, whilst their sums conform an integrated vulnerability index. This index is applied to the city of Barcelona, allowing its neighbourhoods to be positioned on a vulnerability continuum. Despite being applied in this city, the integrated vulnerability index emerges with the purpose of being replicated to other urban spaces. The mapping of these results using geographic information systems suggests a robust index that allows early identification of problematics, while also providing clues for policy intervention.

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  • Gonzalo Piasek & Iraide Fernández Aragón & Julia Shershneva & Pilar Garcia-Almirall, 2022. "Assessment of Urban Neighbourhoods’ Vulnerability through an Integrated Vulnerability Index (IVI): Evidence from Barcelona, Spain," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-19, October.
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