Integrated natural disasters urban resilience evaluation: the case of China

Xinli Liu (), Sijia Li, Xian Xu and Jingshu Luo
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Xinli Liu: Peking University
Sijia Li: Peking University
Xian Xu: Fudan University
Jingshu Luo: Le Moyne College

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2021, vol. 107, issue 3, No 4, 2105-2122

Abstract: Abstract China is one of the countries affected most by natural hazards. With the rapid urbanization process, the susceptibility of Chinese cities to natural disasters increases. In this paper, we propose an integrated natural disaster urban resilience evaluation framework for Chinese cities. We aggregate city-level economic, social, infrastructural, and environmental indicators of 39 major Chinese cities from 2002 to 2017 and convert them to a multi-dimensional resilience index using factor analysis. We validate our measure by showing that cities with larger resilience indices have lower natural disaster losses. We further investigate the regional characteristics of our urban resilience index and find that Chinese cities improved their resilience to natural hazards across the years. Although cities in the eastern coastal area tend to be more resilient than cities in other regions, the gap has been narrowed. Our paper provides some insights into how cities may measure and improve their urban resilience system.

Keywords: Urban natural disasters resilience; Regional characteristics; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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