Influencing Factors and Assessment of Flood Resilience in Urban Community -A Case Study of Hongqi District in Xinxiang City, He'nan Province
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    [Objective] We aimed to provide decision-making bases for flood disaster prevention, mitigation planning and risk management in urban community level based on the analysis of influencing factors and assessment of flood resilience in urban community.[Methods] The Hongqi district in Xinxiang City, He'nan Province was taken as the study area, and the questionnaire method was used. Sixty-four variables were selected to build a pre-selected index set based on the literature review and discussions with experts. The correlation analysis and principal component analysis were used to reduce the number of variables, and the flood resilience of urban community was assessed.[Results] (1) The key factors influencing urban community flood resilience could be summarized as physical factors, institutional factors, economic factors, population factors. (2) The capability of community flood resilience was not high, and nearly 80% of the communities were at a level below average. (3) Physical variable was the main factors influencing urban community flood resilience, followed by economic, demographic and institutional factors.[Conclusion] It is a feasible way to put forward the concrete and targeted strategies and measures for improving the flood resilience in urban community based on the analysis of influencing factors and assessment of flood resilience.

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冯倩倩,刘德林.城市社区洪灾抗逆力影响因素及其评价——以河南省新乡市红旗区为例[J].水土保持通报英文版,2017,37(4):230-235

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  • Received:January 10,2017
  • Revised:February 15,2017
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  • Online: September 12,2017
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