globalchange  > 气候变化事实与影响
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2019.1594665
WOS记录号: WOS:000464427600001
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Socio-economic conditions and small business vulnerability to climate change impacts in Hong Kong
作者: Lo, Alex Y.1; Liu, Shuwen2; Cheung, Lewis T. O.3
通讯作者: Lo, Alex Y.
刊名: CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
ISSN: 1756-5529
EISSN: 1756-5537
出版年: 2019
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Small business ; vulnerability ; climate change ; flooding ; adaptation ; China
WOS关键词: CHANGE ADAPTATION ; TAI O ; RESILIENCE ; TOURISM ; MANAGEMENT ; FLOODS ; RISK ; PERCEPTIONS ; ENTERPRISES ; AFTERMATH
WOS学科分类: Development Studies ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向: Development Studies ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
英文摘要:

Small and micro businesses bear the brunt of climate change impacts in the climate-challenged economy. Vulnerability is embedded into the socio-economic trajectories of their primary decision-makers. Multiple vulnerabilities may arise if the decision-makers' socio-economic conditions are associated with climate-sensitive business characteristics. Previous research has provided little evidence on such linkages, thus losing insights into how different facets of vulnerability interact and evolve over time. This paper explores the interactions between elements of small business vulnerability and the socio-economic characteristics of their primary decision-makers. It draws on the results of a survey involving 116 owner-managers of small and micro businesses and in-depth interviews with a sub-sample. Study areas are three remote coastal communities in Hong Kong exposed to high floods. Results show that such interactions exist in multiple, non-linear ways. Socio-economic disadvantages (i.e. low education attainment, old age, low income, and female) are related to some aspects of small business vulnerability, while playing a role in mitigating or avoiding other aspects of it. The findings call for building frameworks that account for the multiple spheres in which vulnerabilities are engendered and their interactions, while allowing for complexities and feedback mechanisms.


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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/132330
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作者单位: 1.Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Geog Environm & Earth Sci, New Zealand Climate Change Res Inst, Wellington, New Zealand
2.Open Univ Hong Kong, Sch Arts & Social Sci, Publ & Social Policy Res Ctr, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
3.Educ Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

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Lo, Alex Y.,Liu, Shuwen,Cheung, Lewis T. O.. Socio-economic conditions and small business vulnerability to climate change impacts in Hong Kong[J]. CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT,2019-01-01
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