Evaluation of Earthquake Mitigation Capacity of County Administrative Units in Gansu Province

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10.2991/wrarm-17.2017.12How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gansu province; county administrative units; earthquake mitigation capacity; analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

Abstract

The paper established the evaluation index system of earthquake mitigation capacity of county administrative units in Gansu province. According to the goal, three guidelines, nine indicators and ten variables were set. The paper calculated the environment supporting capacity, facilities supporting capacity and resources supporting capacity of counties in Gansu province by determining the weight of each index factor based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Then we got the evaluation figure of earthquake mitigation capacity of county administrative units in Gansu province. The result of research shows that the earthquake mitigation capacity of Anning district is the strongest, and that of Zhouqu county is the weakest. The earthquake mitigation capacity of the northwest and northeast of Gansu province is stronger overall, especially the Dunhuang-Akesai-Subei area, Jinchuan district and Xifeng district. The earthquake mitigation capacity of Tianzhu county and Gannan-Longnan area is weaker overall. The geographical environment has great influence on earthquake mitigation capacity. The earthquake mitigation capacity of area with violent tectonic activity and great topographic relief is always weaker. The province should strengthen the construction of infrastructure and resources to make up for the lack of environmental support.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jin Chen
AU  - Wen Li
AU  - Wenkai Chen
AU  - Suping Zhang
PY  - 2017/11
DA  - 2017/11
TI  - Evaluation of Earthquake Mitigation Capacity of County Administrative Units in Gansu Province
BT  - Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium of Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Western China (WRARM 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 64
EP  - 69
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/wrarm-17.2017.12
DO  - 10.2991/wrarm-17.2017.12
ID  - Chen2017/11
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