Prof Liu Quang
Ocean University of China, Shandong,China
Title: An integrated assessment of coastal risk management index
Biography
Biography: Prof Liu Quang
Abstract
Based on extensive field investigations of storm surge risk along coastal regions in China, we propose a system of risk index for evaluating risk management performance and effectiveness by the government disaster emergency management agencies. The suggested Risk Management Index, (RMI) brings together a group of indicators which measure risk management performance and effectiveness. The index reflects vulnerability and losses in a given region and the index can be used as an efficient management tool for disaster resilience. The proposed RMI is constructed by quantifying four public policies, each of which is described by six indicators. The index includes Risk Identification (RI), Risk Reduction (RR), Disaster Management (DM) and Governance and Financial Protection (FP). Rongcheng city in Shangdong province situated at northeast of China Yellow Sea was selected as a case study region and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was adapted to evaluate the index priority according to the feedbacks of two scores of questionnaires. Analytical Result was effectively supported by the data and provided valuable information for coastal hazards planning and risk management. The RMI developed in this study can be applied to virtually any other regions in China; nevertheless index ranking and criteria weighting should be revised regarding to the practical situation of the assessment area.