Research on Risk Assessment of the Geological Disasters in Xingwen County of Sichuan Province

Author

Liangqun, Jiang ; Bin, Zhang ; Jinrong, Lei ; Chengqiang, Shu

Author_Institution

Coll. of Land & Resources, China West Normal Univ., Nanchong, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

6-7 March 2010

Firstpage

492

Lastpage

495

Abstract

The development and changement of every thing is the contradict development of internal cause and external cause. Based on the philosophical thought, the internal cause and the external cause inducing factors of the geological disasters are studied in Xingwen county, Sichuan provience. This paper presents a model of risk assessment of geological disasters by using natural disaster risk index method, weighted comprehensive analysis and analytic hierarchy process. The risk of the geological disasters in Xingwen County´s towns is assessed on basis of the risk assessment model. Also, the risk map of geological disasters is drawn by Geographical Information System(GIS). The results of the assessment were verified using the geological disasters location data, and strongly help the local authorities in their decision making for the disasters´ prevention and reduction of Xingwen county.

Keywords

decision making; disasters; geographic information systems; geophysical techniques; risk management; China; Geographical Information System; Sichuan provience; Xingwen County towns; analytic hierarchy process; decision making; external cause inducing factor; geological disasters location data; internal cause inducing factor; local authorities; narural disaster risk index method; risk assessment model; risk map; weighted comprehensive analysis; Cities and towns; Decision making; Educational institutions; Geographic Information Systems; Geology; Local government; Management information systems; Risk analysis; Risk management; Terrain factors; Xingwen county; geological disasters; internal cause and external cause; risk assessment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Challenges in Environmental Science and Computer Engineering (CESCE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3972-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5924-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CESCE.2010.218

Filename

5493352