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Vulnerability Assessment of Mountainous Cities

2025-03-31 | UPCS

Principle

Indicator

Weight

Calculation    Method

Influence    to Vulnerability

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exposure

Geological disasters

0.0463

Probability of geological    disaster occurrence multiples by population

+++

Rainwater erosion

0.0231

Yearly average of rainwater    erosion divided by the gross product of agriculture

+++

Frequency of high    temperature

0.0112

Total days of high    temperature within 30 years multiples by population

+++

Water sources

0.0328

Potential evaporation    multiplies by population

+++

Vegetation degradation

0.0601

NDVI (Landsat Normalized    Difference Vegetation Index) average descending slope divided by GDP growth    rate

+++

Urban expansion

0.0488

Degree of urban light    increase divided by population

-++

Industrial polluted gas

0.0370

Industrial SO2    release amount per unit GDP

+++

Industrial polluted water

0.0370

Industrial waste water    release volume per GDP

+++

Surface pollution

0.0370

Fertilizer and nongyao    usage amount per agricultural land parcel unit

+++

 

 

 

 

Sensitivity

Terrain form

0.0197

Height and slope

+-+

Green coverage

0.0299

Average NDVI

---

Soil quality

0.0123

Soil carbon

---

Economic power

0.0212

GDP

---

Economic efficiency

0.0213

GDP per capita

---

Population structure

0.0427

Degree of gender imbalance

+++

Population agglomeration

0.0427

Population density and    natural growth rate

-+-

Agricultural population

0.0154

Percentage of agricultural    population

+++

Food safety

0.0474

Agricultural land area per    capita and the proportion of effective irrigated area

-+-

Agricultural development

0.0208

Percentage and amount of    agricultural gross product

++-

Industrial development

0.0306

Percentage of industrial    gross product

-++

Transformation of the tertiary    industry 

0.0294

Percentage of the tertiary    industry 

---

 

 

 

 

 

Adaptability

Population migration

0.0274

Population migration ratio    (Immigration divided by emigration)

-++

Consumption

0.0206

Total retail sales of consumer    goods and government spending

---

Afforestation

0.0540

Area of new forest

---

Food production

0.0306

Food production per capita

-+-

Road and transportation

0.0433

Total mileage of roads

---

Postal and telecommunication    services

0.0162

Number of landline phones    and total volume of postal and telecommunications services

---

Tourism industry

0.0720

The number of tourists and    gross income of tourism

---

Education level

0.0174

Total in-school elementary    and high school students

---

Medical insurances

0.0174

Number of hospital beds and    medical facilities per thousand people

---

Urban resident livelihood

0.0177

Urban resident’s disposable    income, and average yearly income of

---

Rural resident livelihood

0.0167

Rural resident’s disposable    income per capita

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Source:

DOI: 10.11821/dlyj201602008 

<https://www.dlyj.ac.cn/CN/10.11821/dlyj201602008>

Edited & Translated by Cheng Tian