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NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW
卷 19, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000290
关键词
Bangladesh; Disaster risk reduction; Landslides; Participatory rural appraisal; Vulnerability
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资金
- UK government
This article has developed and implemented a method for incorporating and combining quantitative and qualitative data in measuring community vulnerability to environmental hazards. To illustrate the method in practice, a case study of landslides in Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), Bangladesh, is used. Quantitative information from household-level questionnaires is combined with qualitative maps and diagrams from participatory rural appraisal (PRA) surveying. Seven different PRA tools were implemented: social and resource mapping; transect mapping; vulnerability and dream mapping; mobility mapping; Venn diagrams; pair-wise ranking; and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. A convergent parallel design and weighted average decision support method is applied, covering community vulnerability indicators for physical, social, economic, ecological, institutional, and cultural aspects. The overall vulnerability on a scale of 0-1 of Motijharna, Batali Hill, and Golpahar communities in CCC is calculated respectively as 0.75, 0.68, and 0.56.
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