Macro Assessment of Earthquake Disaster Population Vulnerability in Shaanxi Province
WEN Yanjun
YANG Hongwei
Abstract：Assessment of earthquake disaster population vulnerability provides the scientific decision-making basis for the earthquake relief,it is important for reducing casualties and economic losses.By using the comprehensive risk index method,this paper constructed the index system of earthquake disaster population vulnerability considering physical,social,economic factors,made an assessment on the macro earthquake disaster population vulnerability of twenty-four municipal districts,three county-level cities and eighty counties in Shaanxi province.The results show that:the macro earthquake disaster population vulnerability in Shaanxi has obvious regional differences,with higher vulnerability in Southern Shaanxi and Northern Shaanxi comparing to that in GuanZhong plain;the earthquake disaster population vulnerability is particularly high in some counties of Guanzhong plain,Hanzhong Basin,Qinling mountain area and central region of Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau;as the main influencing factor,the population has mutual impact on the macro earthquake disaster population vulnerability in Shaaxi province together with other factors.
Keywords：Shaanxi provinceEarthquake disasterPopulation vulnerabilityComprehensive indexGIS
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 42-49 )