Impacts of natural disasters and disaster risk management in China: The case of China's experience in the wenchuan earthquake

Yi Ming Wei; Ju Liang Jin; Qiong Wang

doi:10.1007/9784431550228_14

Impacts of natural disasters and disaster risk management in China: The case of China's experience in the wenchuan earthquake

Yi Ming Wei^*
, Ju Liang Jin
, Qiong Wang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Due to complicated climatic and geographic conditions, China remains severely vulnerable to frequent, wide-scale natural disasters. We analyzed the impact of natural disasters on human security, agriculture safety and economic security over the past 30 years. The results reveal the high vulnerability of China's economic system to natural disasters. Moreover, climate warming will further exacerbate the vulnerability of its social-economic development system to natural disasters and increase its risks. China needs to implement a comprehensive strategy of disaster reduction for sustainable development and include integrated disaster risk management in its policies. Doing so will reduce the vulnerability of China's socio-economic development system of natural disasters.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters
Subtitle of host publication	Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance
Publisher	Springer Japan
Pages	287-307
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9784431550228
ISBN (Print)	9784431550211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/9784431550228_14
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters: Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance. Springer Japan, 2015. p. 287-307.

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