Are leading urban centers predisposed to global risks- A analysis of the global south from COVID-19 perspective.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 initially spread among prominent global cities and soon to the urban centers of countries across the globe. While cities are the hotbeds of activities, they also seem highly exposed to global risks including the pandemic. Using the case of COVID-19 and the World Risk Index framework, this paper examines if the leading cities from the global south are inherently vulnerable and exposed to global risks and can they exacerbate the overall risk of their respective nations. Compared against their respective national averages, most of the 20 cities from 10 countries analyzed in this paper, have higher exposure, lower adaptive capacity, higher coping capacity and varied susceptibility. As this relative understanding is based on respective national averages which are often lower than the g

SUBMITTER: Shekhar H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801593 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature