Department of Earth Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, 15100, Pakistan.
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Dec;27(35):44342-44354. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-10233-0. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
The study endeavored to analyze the risk perception, sense of place, and disaster preparedness in response to landslide disaster-prone mountain areas of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. To this end, we surveyed 315 rural residents of two vulnerable landslide districts (Hunza and Nagar) of Gilgit-Baltistan. To explore the relationships between the dimensions of risk perception, sense of place, and disaster preparedness, we used partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypotheses. The results derived from PLS-SEM have implied that there is a significant negative relationship between risk perception (apprehension and unidentified) with a sense of place (bond with society and place dependence). It was observed that the residents usually overestimate the risks of disasters due to their limited scientific knowledge regarding disaster occurrence, which reduces their dependencies on the place. We revealed that disaster preparedness enhances the place attachment and reduces the apprehension of landslides in the study area. This study devotes to government and relevant agencies to devise policies that can help relocate the vulnerable rural settlements, develop, and educate the masses on disaster mitigation and prevention strategies, and help prepare a suitable landslide management plan.
本研究旨在分析巴基斯坦吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦（Gilgit-Baltistan）易发生山体滑坡灾害地区的风险感知、地方感和灾害准备情况。为此，我们调查了吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦两个脆弱的山体滑坡地区（罕萨和那格尔）的 315 名农村居民。为了探索风险感知、地方感和灾害准备之间维度的关系，我们使用偏最小二乘（PLS）结构方程建模（SEM）来检验假设。PLS-SEM 的结果表明，风险感知（担忧和不确定）与地方感（与社会的联系和对地方的依赖）之间存在显著的负相关关系。研究人员发现，由于居民对灾害发生的科学知识有限，他们通常会高估灾害风险，从而减少对地方的依赖。本研究揭示了灾害准备工作可以增强地方依恋感，减少对山体滑坡的担忧。本研究建议政府和相关机构制定政策，帮助脆弱的农村居民搬迁，制定发展和教育计划，帮助制定合适的滑坡管理计划。
