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DOI	10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102871
	Evaluation and formation mechanism of rural social vulnerability under natural hazard: A case study of the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
	Li, Hua; Zhao, Xueyan; Wang, Weijun
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0197-3975
EISSN	1873-5428
卷号	138
英文摘要	Global environmental change has posed serious threats and challenges to human survival and sustainable development, especially for mountainous communities with fragile ecological environments, weak infrastructure, and underdeveloped economic development. Reducing rural social vulnerability has become an important way to promote global rural revitalization and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. However, current research has mostly focused on social vulnerability assessment, with few revealing its formation mechanism. Based on the collected survey data of 240 households, this paper selected Zhouqu county as a case, which located in the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and constructed theoretical framework and hypothesis model of social vulnerability from three dimensions: exposure, sensitivity, and adaptability. On the basis of analyzing the characteristics of social vulnerability, we used structural equation model to further explore its formation mechanism. The result shows that the mean value of social vulnerability index of farmers under natural hazards is 0.442, and nearly 30% of the surveyed farmers have high social vulnerability. There are significant differences in social vulnerability among households in different communities, different economic levels and different livelihood styles. Natural hazards have a double-edged sword effect on the rural social system. They can not only directly aggravate social vulnerability by weakening household natural capital, physical capital, financial capital and psychological capital, but also indirectly stimulate the vitality of social capital, integrate human capital and social resource to reduce social vulnerability. Finally, we put forward effective countermeasures to reduce the rural social vulnerability. Our study aimed to providing theoretical reference for developing countries to formulate risk management policies and disaster prevention and mitigation planning in mountain areas.
关键词	Exposure Sensitivity Adaptive capacity Livelihood capital Communities
英文关键词	CLIMATE-CHANGE; INDICATORS; ADAPTATION; RESILIENCE; DISASTERS; IMPACT; INDEX
WOS研究方向	Development Studies ; Environmental Studies ; Regional & Urban Planning ; Urban Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001024430000001
来源期刊	HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/283723
作者单位	Northwest Normal University - China; Northwest Normal University - China; Northwest Normal University - China; Northwest Normal University - China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Hua,Zhao, Xueyan,Wang, Weijun. Evaluation and formation mechanism of rural social vulnerability under natural hazard: A case study of the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China[J],2023,138.
APA	Li, Hua,Zhao, Xueyan,&Wang, Weijun.(2023).Evaluation and formation mechanism of rural social vulnerability under natural hazard: A case study of the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China.HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,138.
MLA	Li, Hua,et al."Evaluation and formation mechanism of rural social vulnerability under natural hazard: A case study of the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China".HABITAT INTERNATIONAL 138(2023).