Effects of organization factors on flood-related Natechs in urban areas of China

Tiezhong Liu (), Hubo Zhang, Xiaowei Li and Haiyan Li
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Tiezhong Liu: Beijing Institute of Technology
Hubo Zhang: Beijing Institute of Technology
Xiaowei Li: Beijing Institute of Technology
Haiyan Li: Beijing Institute of Technology

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2017, vol. 88, issue 1, No 16, 355-365

Abstract: Abstract Natechs in urban areas present special challenge because both natural hazards and technological hazards are included in them. In order to discuss organization factors in flood-related Natechs, a Bayesian network was designed to analyze the interaction between multiple subsystems, in which twenty-two variables were represented by nine root nodes, ten intermediary nodes and three leaf nodes. Seventeen cases were retrieved from “Thematic Database from Human–earth System.” The role of organization factors was acquired with a series of methods of probability analysis, and then, two intervention patterns of government and social emergency organizations were analyzed. Results: Government emergency agencies have strong professional superiority to implement rescuing action, NGO emergency organizations have unique social network superiority to allocate living materials, and information source of media and government organizations should be emphasized concurrently.

Keywords: Natechs; Flood; Hazardous chemicals; Organization factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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