Author, as appears in the article.: Saladie, Oscar; Bustamante, Edgar;
Department: Geografia
URV's Author/s: Bustamante Picón, Edgar / Saladié Borraz, Òscar
Keywords: Yosemite-national-park Travel Search Risk Rescues Natural areas Injuries Fire Easter Covid-19 Catalonia
Abstract: The objective of this study is to analyse the number, timing, and spatial distribution of rescues performed by the Catalan Fire Department in natural areas. We compared the figures from Easter 2021 with those for Easter in the four years before the COVID-19 pandemic (2016-2019). The results show that the number of rescues increased significantly (2.5 times). The greatest increase corresponds to rescue operations conducted in the morning and in low-altitude areas (<= 500 m a.s.l.) with no specific protection status and near (<= 50 km) cities. The natural areas in Catalonia experienced an increase in visitors, as occurred in the summer 2020, and, consequently, an increase in accidents and rescues. The results of this research are of interest to managers of emergency services and managers of such areas. The findings open the door to future research to exploring the ephemeral or permanent nature of this dynamic.
Research group: Grup de Recerca d'Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics (GRATET)
Thematic Areas: Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Human geography and urban studies Geography, planning and development Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía Geociências General earth and planetary sciences Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous) Earth and planetary sciences (all) Demography Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências ambientais
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: edgar.bustamante@urv.cat oscar.saladie@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7989-0717
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Investigaciones Geográficas. (78): 27-45
APA: Saladie, Oscar; Bustamante, Edgar; (2022). Increase in rescues in Catalonia's natural areas during Easter 2021: an indirect consequence of COVID-19. Investigaciones Geográficas, (78), 27-45. DOI: 10.14198/ingeo.20763
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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