DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04267-3
论文题名: Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors
作者: Pathak S. ; Panta H.K. ; Bhandari T. ; Paudel K.P.
刊名: Natural Hazards
ISSN: 0921030X
出版年: 2020
卷: 104, 期: 3 起始页码: 2175
结束页码: 2196
语种: 英语
中文关键词: 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
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. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/168667
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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
Recommended Citation:
Pathak S.,Panta H.K.,Bhandari T.,et al. Flood vulnerability and its influencing factors[J]. Natural Hazards,2020-01-01,104(3)