College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 21;17(14):5254. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17145254.
Sichuan Province in China is one of the world's most earthquake-stricken areas. Wenchuan and Lushan Counties in Sichuan and other earthquake-stricken areas contain rural settlements subject to geological disasters and poverty. However, there is little research on the characteristics of disaster-preparedness behavior and whether these differ between professionals and the general public in rural settlements with high earthquake risk and poverty. Using survey data from 327 farmers in rural settlements affected by major earthquakes in Wenchuan and Lushan Counties, independent-sample t-tests and chi-squared tests were used to test for differences in the disaster-preparedness behaviors of professionals and the general public. The results show that (1) there were significant differences in emergency-disaster preparedness, knowledge and skills preparedness and overall disaster-prevention preparedness, and (2) there was no significant difference in physical disaster-prevention preparation. Based on these results, the study suggests policy directions for regional poverty alleviation, disaster prevention and reduction and disaster management.
中国四川省是世界上地震多发地区之一。四川汶川和芦山县等地震灾区存在地质灾害隐患和贫困人口较多的农村聚居区。然而，对于高地震风险和贫困农村聚居区的专业人员和普通公众的灾害准备行为特征及其差异，相关研究甚少。本文利用汶川和芦山等重灾区 327 名农民的调查数据，采用独立样本 t 检验和卡方检验，检验了专业人员和普通公众灾害准备行为的差异。结果表明：（1）在应急灾害准备、知识和技能准备以及整体灾害预防准备方面存在显著差异，（2）在物理灾害预防准备方面没有显著差异。基于这些结果，本文为区域扶贫、防灾减灾和灾害管理提供了政策方向。
