Urban poor are the most endangered by socio-natural hazards, but not exclusively

Autor(en)

Ugur Ozturk, Anika Braun, Juan Camilo Gómez-Zapata, Edier Aristizábal

Abstrakt

In June 2025, the rainfall-induced Granizal Landslide claimed 27 lives across two jurisdictions in the Medellín metropolitan area. Based on our empirical analyses of a local socio-economic index, we argue that socio-spatial segregation may have increased the likelihood and impact of the disaster. The event’s location also underscores the challenges faced during emergency response and post-disaster recovery across administrative boundaries, particularly given the stark contrast in the capacities of municipal authorities. We suggest that intensifying climate change may lead to events that exceed current engineering design criteria, thereby exposing even formal neighborhoods—often considered more physically resilient—to substantially elevated risk levels and narrowing the gap with informal settlements.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung

Externe Organisation(en)

Technische Universität Berlin, GFZ Helmhotz Centre for Geosciences, Climate Analytics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Journal

Landslides

Band

23

Seiten

1179-1185

Anzahl der Seiten

7

ISSN

1612-510X

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-025-02680-y

Publikationsdatum

04-2026

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

105404 Geomorphologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/7baa58ac-d873-4b5a-9e6a-c40666b2ca90