Explaining the resilience of rural areas against natural hazards with emphasis on flood

Abstract

This research aims to explain the resilience of rural areas against natural hazards with emphasis on the flood. The overall research approach is a type of quantitative research, and in terms of data collection method, it is based on library and field data. The statistical population consists of 12 villages in the central basin of Qaen city which are at high risk of flooding. The statistical sample of the research consisted of 10 natural hazards specialists and 335 villagers. In this research, geographic information system (GIS) and AHP technique were used for zoning flood risk villages that showed the criterion of earth slope with the weight of 0.280 was the most important factor and the criteria for the point of concentration and height of each with weights of 0.224 and 0.150 were studied from the main factors of incident and flood occurrence in the range. Data collected from residents' questionnaires were performed using descriptive statistics indices such as frequency distribution and inferential statistical tests such as single sample T-test, Chi-square, and Kruskal Wallis. Overall, the results show that the resilience of the studied villages is moderate. However, the resilience of the villages is different; So that the villages of Varzgar from the social and infrastructural perspective and the village of Ali Abad from the economic perspective are the most resilient. The villages of Ali Zangi and Fath Abad, situated in the high-risk area, have the least resilience.

Keywords

• resilience
• village
• natural hazards
• flood
• central drainage basin of qaen