Author(s): Weiwei Shao; Xin Su; Jiahong Liu Zhiyong Yang; Chao Mei; Zhaohui Yang
Linked Author(s): Jiahong Liu
Keywords: Highly urbanized areas; Flood disaster loss mechanism; Assessment
Abstract: In recent years, the highly urbanized areas in China are often threatened by floods and waterlogging, which cause serious social and economic losses and have a serious impact on regional development. In this study, the Taihu Lake Basin is regarded as a typical study area of highly urbanized areas, and the corresponding disaster loss mechanism is analyzed for various socio-economic entities, like residential property, urban industry and commerce and urban surrounding agriculture. On this basis, the assessment method of disaster losses in Taihu Lake Basin is studied. The impact of flood disasters on population, industrial and commercial enterprises, road traffic losses would be discussed. The study on assessment of flood and waterlogging disasters in highly urbanized areas would provide technical support for regional flood disaster alleviation and emergency management in China.
Year: 2020