LIU De-lin, LIANG Heng-qian. Social Vulnerability Assessment for Regional Natural Disasters-A Case Study of He'nan Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2014, 33(5): 128-134.
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LIU De-lin, LIANG Heng-qian. Social Vulnerability Assessment for Regional Natural Disasters-A Case Study of He'nan Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2014, 33(5): 128-134. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2014.05.031.
Social Vulnerability Assessment for Regional Natural Disasters-A Case Study of He'nan Province
The study on vulnerability plays an important role in planning of prevention and mitigation
and risk management of regional disasters. He'nan province
suffered from frequent natural disasters
was taken as the study area
and the prefecture-level cities as basic assessment unit. Eleven independent impact factors were selected using rank correlation analysis and PCA(principal component analysis) method
and the assessment model of social vulnerability was constructed. The relative weights of each index were determined using the AHP(ainalytical hierarchy process) method
and the social vulnerability to natural disasters of each unit was assessed using the comprehensive index method. The assessment results were mapped and studied using ArcGIS software. The results showed that:(1) The social vulnerability to natural disasters presented a certain regional distribution pattern.(2) Zhoukou City
Shangqiu City and Zhumadian City were in higher social vulnerable area
belongs to level Ⅲ
Zhengzhou City
Jiyuan City and Sanmenxia City were in lower social vulnerable area
the levelⅠ
and others were in moderate social vulnerable area
the level Ⅱ.(3) The area ratio of He'nan Province in higher
moderate and lower social vulnerable area was 22.68%
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