To our knowledge, this is one of the pioneering studies that examined the associations between changes in different dimensions of social vulnerability from 2000 to 2016 on damage levels resulting from Hurricane Harvey. The empirical work was based on data obtained from the FEMA Modeled Building Damage Assessments Harvey 20170829 and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)’s Geospatial Research, Analysis & Services Program (GRASP). Results from linear mixed effects modeling and the spatial error and CAR models suggested that damage level was determined by certain aspects of social vulnerability; the level of damage increased with inundation depth, population aging, and the proportion of minority population. Efforts to promote resilience in natural disasters should focus on individuals living in areas characterized by increases in population aging and minority population. Results also revealed that certain processes associated with economic growth and urban development might affect an area’s resilience and susceptibility to natural disasters and the processes associated with disaster response and mitigation.

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检查社会脆弱性对受飓风哈维影响地区的破坏程度的潜在影响

据我们所知，这是一项开创性研究，研究了 2000 年至 2016 年社会脆弱性不同维度的变化与哈维飓风造成的破坏程度之间的关联。实证工作基于从 FEMA 建模建筑损坏评估 Harvey 20170829 和有毒物质和疾病登记处 (ATSDR) 的地理空间研究、分析和服务计划 (GRASP) 获得的数据。线性混合效应模型以及空间误差和 CAR 模型的结果表明，损害程度是由社会脆弱性的某些方面决定的；受灾程度随着淹没深度、人口老龄化和少数民族人口比例的增加而增加。提高自然灾害复原力的努力应侧重于生活在人口老龄化和少数民族人口增加的地区的个人。结果还表明，与经济增长和城市发展相关的某些过程可能会影响一个地区对自然灾害的复原力和易感性，以及与灾害响应和减灾相关的过程。