The impact of COVID-19 and sustainability governance in three different mountains regions of the world – An intercontinental comparison

Panchi Robles, Sofia, Barragan, Fernando, Abdullah, Omar Yassen, Ncube, Alice, Heunis, Christo, Membretti, Andrea and Szarzynski, Joerg, "The impact of COVID-19 and sustainability governance in three different mountains regions of the world – An intercontinental comparison" in Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems A Global Challenge : Facing Emerging Risks, Adapting to Changing Environments and Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide ed. Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Fontanella Pisa, Paola, Shroder, John and Szarzynski, Joerg (Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., 2023), 81-89.

Document type:
Book Chapter
Collection:
UNU-EHS Book Chapters

Metadata
Links
Versions
Statistics
  • Author Panchi Robles, Sofia
    Barragan, Fernando
    Abdullah, Omar Yassen
    Ncube, Alice
    Heunis, Christo
    Membretti, Andrea
    Szarzynski, Joerg
    Book Editor Schneiderbauer, Stefan
    Fontanella Pisa, Paola
    Shroder, John
    Szarzynski, Joerg
    Chapter Title The impact of COVID-19 and sustainability governance in three different mountains regions of the world – An intercontinental comparison
    Book Title Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems A Global Challenge : Facing Emerging Risks, Adapting to Changing Environments and Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide
    Publication Date 2023-12-01
    Place of Publication Amsterdam
    Publisher Elsevier B.V.
    Start page 81
    End page 89
    Language eng
    Abstract Against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, mountain environments as remote locations entail both, the advantages of providing space and distance and the disadvantages of particular vulnerabilities being isolated and far from sophisticated health services. In general, rural mountain communities have high indicators of structural vulnerability: high poverty rates, lack of basic services, high rates of informal and unpaid employment, weak access to education and health systems, lack of proper settlement planning, aging demographic structures, and low connectivity. In addition, people who migrated to urban centers before COVID-19 often settled within areas that are more susceptible to the effects of the crisis, and therefore they might be forced, or they choose, to return back to their rural homelands. These territories are also particularly at risk from natural hazards and climate change impacts. At the same time, the pandemic has reconfigured the dynamics of mountain communities worldwide by deepening specific structural weaknesses, but also by generating various opportunities based on collective governance structures, food production systems, and livelihoods, solidarity, local and indigenous knowledge. From a comparative perspective, this paper gathers voices reflecting on the interconnected, systemic nature of risks in mountain regions of the world in the context of climate change and in which ways these were modified by COVID-19. Case studies from the Ecuadorian Andes, South Africa, and Kurdistan (Iraq) are analyzed and results are presented.
    Copyright Holder Elsevier Inc.
    Copyright Year 2023
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-822095-5.00013-9
  • Versions
    Version Filter Type
  • Citation counts
    Google Scholar Search Google Scholar
    Access Statistics: 46 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics
    Created: Fri, 08 Dec 2023, 00:47:28 JST by Aarti Basnyat on behalf of UNU EHS