Assessing the vulnerability of cities to earthquakes (Case study: Neyriz neighborhoods)
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Mohammad Reza
Zardosht
1
(Geography-Islamic Azad University, Larestan branch)
Marziyeh
Mogholi
2
(faculty member Department of Geography, Larestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Larestan, Iran)
mohammad ebrahim
afifi
3
(Assistant Professor of Islamic Azad University, Larestan branch)
Keywords: Earthquake, hazards, Neyriz city, Keywords: Vulnerability, Fuzzy Vikor model,
Abstract :
AbstractAmong natural disasters, earthquakes are one of the newest fundamental challenges of societies, which every year, despite causing great economic damage, cause many deaths and hinder the coordinated and continuous development of societies. The main purpose of this study is to assess the vulnerability of Neyriz neighborhoods to earthquakes. In terms of purpose, in the field of applied research and in terms of research method, it is descriptive-analytical. The method of data collection is documentary and survey. By distributing the questionnaire according to the experts of the research, the effective criteria for identification and their relative importance were determined using the method of hierarchical analysis. Prioritization of urban neighborhoods was done using FVikor method (FVikor), as one of the new multi-criteria decision-making methods, in Gis software environment. The results obtained from fuzzy Victor in the neighborhoods of Neyriz show that Qala-e-Beheshti neighborhood with a weight of 0.908 is in the first place and Bazaar neighborhood with a weight of 0.089 is in the last place. In terms of earthquake vulnerability of neighborhoods in terms of all criteria, Beheshti neighborhoods, health, hospitals and commanders’ low vulnerability, stadium neighborhoods, Abadzdasht Jadid and Goodajar moderate vulnerability, Abadzdasht neighborhoods Old and the neighborhood are very vulnerable and the neighborhoods of Sadat, Shadkhaneh, Qala Mahmoud Khan and Bazaar are very vulnerable.
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