Differences in disaster preparedness between urban and rural communities in China

Chai, Ling; Han, Yang; Han, Ziqiang; Wei, Jianwen; Zhao, Yandong

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.102020

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“…The SCT and resiliency theory were useful in determining farmers' behavior regarding natural weather-related disasters and mental illness prevention. The findings indicated that farmers' behavior was influenced through their external environment, such as areas with higher levels of poverty (Parida et al, 2018), level of preparedness (Chai et al, 2021), lack of facilities and socioeconomic status (Peritogiannis et al, 2017), or prior disaster experience (Liu et al, 2019). It was also indicated that farmers' self-efficacy toward mental health care was low due to the abundance of suicide occurrences mentioned in the literature.…”

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“…Vulnerable populations who are more likely to experience mental illness found in the study include aging farmers, women, young farmers, and geographically worse rural communities. Mental health resources are available to farmers; however, they are less likely to want help, or they do not have access (Chai et al, 2021). In each country, there are different strategies implemented to prepare for disaster impacts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a study assessing rural communities' preparedness levels, it was found that they demonstrate significantly lower preparedness in comparison to urban communities (Chai et al, 2021). Farmers are more likely to adopt earthquake disaster preparedness behaviors if they are trained in disaster prevention and mitigation (Lian et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluating impacts from natural weather-related disasters on farmers mental health worldwide

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This study sought to assess the mental health impacts on farmers from across the globe post-natural weather-related disasters. There were two objectives that guided the study: (a) determine themes among the literature discussing post-disaster impacts on farmers’ mental health, (b) identify personal characteristics that influence farmers’ mental health post-disaster. A systematic review revealed 29 (N = 29) publications relevant to the research objectives. Through conducting an extensive systematic review six themes were identified: suicide, preparedness, culture, adaption, sentiment, and financial hardship. There were two personal characteristics presented in the literature: gender and age. It was indicated that farmers' perceptions of climate change affected their response to lessen emotional and physical impacts. The severity of the natural disaster played a role in the action farmers took to restore and prepare damages not only for the land but also regarding their mental health. Implications of this study uncovered an opportunity for extension personnel to create educational resources to combat mental health impacts from natural disasters. Recommendations include further research be conducted to investigate the effect of new or existing mental health resources on a sample of farmers from across the globe.

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“…Early research suggests that exposure to environmental degradation and risk perception, two widely identified consequences of disasters, make people more sensitive to environmental issues. Furthermore, a growing number of studies discuss how individual characteristics, such as age, education, income, social support, and risk perception, influence disaster experience and preparedness (Ao et al, 2020; Chai et al, 2021; Xu et al, 2018; Yu et al, 2022), and assess the development and challenges of community resilience and disaster management (Ma et al, 2021; Sim et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2013) in the Chinese context. But surprisingly, few studies have examined how the experience of disasters shapes public awareness of environmental problems, and as a result, we know very little about whether people in general change their perception of environmental pollution after disasters and the extent to which individual and contextual characteristics influence this relationship.…”

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Disasters as opportunities for enhancing sustainability values: Disaster experience and environmental awareness in rural China

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This study evaluates whether people in general alter their perception of environmental pollution after disasters and the extent to which individual and contextual characteristics moderate this relationship. Results of multilevel regression analyses of data from rural China indicate that the experience of disasters heightens awareness of environmental pollution in local communities, net of various individual‐level and community‐level factors. Additionally, well‐maintained social relationships between villagers attenuate the impact of disasters and make people less aware of environmental pollution, and environmental degradation in the village enhances the impact and increases people's environmental awareness. Furthermore, the impact is not significantly different between residents in villages of different economic levels, and between residents of different levels of socioeconomic status. The results highlight the potential for promoting sustainability after experiencing disruptive shocks and stressors triggered by disasters, and demonstrate that it is crucial to understand environmental awareness as a dynamic process in changing local contexts.

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“…Various disasters and unforeseeable extreme events, especially those related to climate change, have been occurring more and more frequently in recent years [1]. Over the last decade, China has experienced more than 500 natural disasters, most of which are hydrological and meteorological disasters [2].…”

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Predicting and Improving the Waterlogging Resilience of Urban Communities in China—A Case Study of Nanjing

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In recent years, urban communities in China have been continuously affected by extreme weather and emergencies, among which the rainstorm and waterlogging disasters pose a great threat to infrastructure and personnel safety. Chinese governments issue a series of waterlogging prevention and control policies, but the waterlogging prevention and mitigation of urban communities still needs to be optimized. The concept of “resilience” has unique advantages in the field of community disaster management, and building resilient communities can effectively make up for the limitations of the traditional top-down disaster management. Therefore, this paper focuses on the pre-disaster prevention and control of waterlogging in urban communities of China, following the idea of “concept analysis–influencing factor identification–evaluation indicators selection–impact mechanism analysis–resilience simulation prediction–empirical research–disaster adaptation strategy formulation”. The structural equation model and BP neural network are used by investigating the existing anti-waterlogging capitals of the target community to predict the future waterlogging resilience. Based on this simulation prediction model, and combined with the incentive and restraint mechanisms, suggestions on corrective measures can be put forward before the occurrence of waterlogging.

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Differences in disaster preparedness between urban and rural communities in China

Cited by 27 publications

References 31 publications

Evaluating impacts from natural weather-related disasters on farmers mental health worldwide

Evaluating impacts from natural weather-related disasters on farmers mental health worldwide

Disasters as opportunities for enhancing sustainability values: Disaster experience and environmental awareness in rural China

Predicting and Improving the Waterlogging Resilience of Urban Communities in China—A Case Study of Nanjing

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