Socio-Spatial Vulnerabilities, Peripheralization and Post-Crises Resilience

Lessons From the Portuguese Case

Bibliographic Data

ID4446785
AuthorsRenato Miguel Carmo (0000-0002-0052-4387, Iscte–Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, CIES‐Iscte Lisboa Portugal, corresponding author), Hugo Pinto (0000-0002-8497-4798, Faculdade de Economia, CinTurs Universidade do Algarve Faro Portugal), João Ferrão (0000-0001-7729-1908, Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal)
Year2025
Volume65
Issue4
Publication date2025-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soru.70009
OpenAlexW4414043745
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

Existing socio-spatial vulnerabilities in the pre-pandemic moment led to different impacts of COVID-19 on territories, reinforcing ongoing processes of peripheralization. This article develops a new approach to understand the linkages between socio-spatial vulnerabilities and the socio-economic impacts of this crisis. Using data from Portuguese municipalities, a typology of vulnerable territories is defined based on the degree of potential exposure and susceptibility to external shocks. The different groups of municipalities are then related to the impact of the pandemic crisis on unemployment dynamics in 2020 and 2021. The results confirm the existence of increased socio-spatial vulnerability in areas highly dependent on tourism as well as in fragile socio-economic intra-metropolitan areas. The article has implications for thinking forward about socio-spatial vulnerability, peripheralization and the emergence of left-behind places, stressing the need to foster resilience in order to transform regional economies in post-crises recovering periods

Portuguese · Psychological resilience · Typology · Unemployment · Vulnerability (computing) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Regional resilience and development