气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors

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DOI	10.1007/s11069-020-04267-3
	Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors
	Pathak S.; Panta H.K.; Bhandari T.; Paudel K.P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0921030X
起始页码	2175
结束页码	2196
卷号	104 期号:3
英文摘要	Riverine floods are the major weather-related disaster affecting both agriculture production and physical infrastructures in Nepal. Climatic factors aggravated by anthropogenic measures contribute to increasing household-level vulnerability in the country. We use face-to-face interview data collected from 217 households located in the Saptari district of Nepal to understand the household-level vulnerability of farmers impacted by floods. Our model combines variables of household sensitivity, adaptive capacity, and exposure to flooding in an integrated vulnerability index to assess the vulnerability status of households and factors influencing the vulnerabilities. Findings indicate a high vulnerability level of most households stems from higher exposure to flood and lower adaptive capacity. Using the ordinal response model, we find that indicators such as credit access, migration, female-proportion, and perception and familiarity with flood incidences positively influence the vulnerability. However, gender, livestock owned, per capita income, adaptation measures, and distance to water bodies have a negative influence on the vulnerability level. These findings can be used to tailor micro-level policies to minimize the impact of floods in the district. Governmental level effort, such as river control strategy, is needed to minimize the flood risk at a larger scale in the future. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.
关键词	Flood Flood vulnerability index Ordinal response model Semi-parametric approach Vulnerability
英文关键词	flood control; flood damage; flooding; numerical model; parameter estimation; risk assessment; vulnerability; Nepal
语种	英语
来源期刊	Natural Hazards
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205868
作者单位	Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States; Department of Agricultural Economics, Postgraduate Program, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; Gilbert Durbin Endowed Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University (LSU), LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pathak S.,Panta H.K.,Bhandari T.,et al. Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors[J],2020,104(3).
APA	Pathak S.,Panta H.K.,Bhandari T.,&Paudel K.P..(2020).Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors.Natural Hazards,104(3).
MLA	Pathak S.,et al."Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors".Natural Hazards 104.3(2020).