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Progressing vulnerability of the immigrants in an urbanizing village in coastal China
Environment, Development and Sustainability ( IF 4.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-03 , DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00914-8
Jia Xu , Makoto Takahashi

With the development of urbanization, large-scale population movement, and disintegration of the traditional communities, the disaster-related social vulnerability in China’s coastal areas is presenting new features. Many researchers point out that interacting persistent urban growth and hazard risk accumulation have ratcheted up negative impacts on immigrants, but nevertheless there is less consideration based on what really happens in the focal coastal urbanizing areas from the bottom-up perspective. This paper is devoted to studying a Chinese fishing village to provide a perspective of what factors shape the vulnerability of new-coming immigrants in urbanizing process through an in-depth case study. Based on the original qualitative data, the analysis of spatial, social and political aspects was involved. It concludes that compared with the locals who remained predominant, the immigrants suffer from the social, environmental and institutional pressures which produce or even reproduce the plights of livelihood and status. The results of this study provide policy recommendations for decision-makers to reduce inequality for immigrants and enhance cohesion of society to cope with hazard risks.

更新日期：2020-08-03

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