Urban household
adaption to natural hazards in Hangzhou City, China
Liu Qian, Xu Ting and Qi Shanzhong
Disaster Advances; Vol. 16(10); 49-62;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/1610da049062; (2023)
Abstract
Household adaption to natural hazards has been critical in disaster prevention and
mitigation in disaster-prone regions. However, the adaption of urban household to
natural hazards is not yet fully understood, especially in the subtropical forested
region of Southeast China. In this study, we investigated the urban household adaption
to natural hazards in the forested region of southeastern China by using a multinomial
logistic regression model to analyze 763 urban household questionnaire responses
from 6 districts in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang province.
The results indicated that (1) from high to low, the top 6 natural hazards deeply
concerned by urban household of Hangzhou City were typhoon, rainstorm, lightning,
flood, low temperature disaster and snow disaster and (2) gender, length of family
residence, disaster awareness and household satisfaction all significantly influenced
the urban household adaption to natural hazards. This study suggested that Government
should improve channels for disaster publicity, strengthen community management
and promote social emergency construction in future decades.
