How Can Cities Adapt to a Multi-Disaster Environment? Empirical Research in Guangzhou (China)

Area of Science:

• Environmental Science
• Urban Planning
• Risk Management

Background:

• Urban disaster risk assessment is crucial for urban safety development.
• Understanding the city-natural environment relationship is key for disaster prevention and mitigation.
• Existing methods require enhancement for comprehensive multi-disaster assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method for urban multi-disaster risk assessment.
• To enhance a city's resilience and safety through effective risk management.
• To provide a framework for identifying, assessing, and managing urban disaster risks.

Main Methods:

• Literature review to inform the proposed methodology.
• Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation for multi-disaster risk assessment.
• Case study application in Guangzhou, China, for validation.

Main Results:

• Identification and screening of major urban disasters.
• Assessment of individual and integrated urban disaster risks.
• Categorization of comprehensive disaster risks into distinct levels.

Conclusions:

• The proposed fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method effectively assesses urban multi-disaster risks.
• Risk assessment results inform the development of targeted coping strategies.
• This approach contributes to the development of safer and more resilient cities.