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A comprehensive understanding and scientific evaluation of natural disasters risk is not only the basis of disaster prevention and mitigation, but also the urgent needs of the economic and social sustainable development. Disaster risk evaluation index system in accordance with Chinese reality was constructed, which contains 5 second-class indicators and 28 third-class indicators; moreover, the universal risk evaluation model was designed combined with nonlinear damage evaluation method; then, the disaster risk of China’s 31 provinces was evaluated, as well as the urban risk ranking and risk map of 31 provinces were presented. The evaluation results can make us see the urban risk situation clearly and intuitively, which helps the related department to clearly focus on their work, as well as provides theoretical guidance for the national and local disaster prevention and mitigation planning.
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I hereby express gratitude to my dear partner Huang Yuecheng who contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors. Without his effort, this thesis cannot be accomplished. In the process of compilation, he made great contribution to data collection, calculation and analysis. This thesis is rather a common achievement than a private possession. This project was supported by the National Social Science Fund (Grant No. Z8934782) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. Y600781605).
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Chen, L., Huang, Yc., Bai, Rz. et al. Regional disaster risk evaluation of China based on the universal risk model. Nat Hazards 89, 647–660 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-2984-2
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