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Analysis of the Ongoing Effects of Disasters in Urbanization Process and Climate Change: China’s Floods and Droughts

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  • Yong Mu

    (Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Hotel Management Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China)

  • Ying Li

    (Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Hotel Management Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China)

  • Ran Yan

    (Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Hotel Management Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China)

  • Pingping Luo

    (Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    Xi’an Monitoring, Modelling and Early Warning of Watershed Spatial Hydrology International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China)

  • Zhe Liu

    (Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an 710075, China
    Shaanxi Provincial Land Consolidation Engineering Technology Research Center, Xi’an 710075, China)

  • Yingying Sun

    (Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710075, China
    Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an 710075, China
    Shaanxi Provincial Land Consolidation Engineering Technology Research Center, Xi’an 710075, China)

  • Shuangtao Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    Xi’an Monitoring, Modelling and Early Warning of Watershed Spatial Hydrology International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China)

  • Wei Zhu

    (Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    Xi’an Monitoring, Modelling and Early Warning of Watershed Spatial Hydrology International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China)

  • Xianbao Zha

    (Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan)

Abstract

Urban development and climate change have strengthened the possibility of floods and droughts in cities. In this study, we evaluated the influences of these disasters and related social damage in nine major basins during the past 50 years. Unusually, the following conclusions were drawn from the analysis of relevant indicators before and after urbanization: (1) agricultural loss area (flood), grain loss, and direct economic loss showed an upward trend, while other indicators showed the opposite. (2) Floods most often occur in the Yangtze River Basin (58, 26.2%), followed by the Liaohe River Basin (49, 22.2%), which is closely related to the topography and economic progress of the area. (3) The modified Mann–Kendall (MK) analysis results are consistent with the indicators trend. Finally, the regularity of the climate change and urbanization process is revealed by the migration of the standard deviation ellipse and the mean center of the four indicators. China needs to integrate urban water/drought policy development with sustainable urbanization policy development to cope with the changing natural and social environment and to minimize urban ecological risks.

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  • Yong Mu & Ying Li & Ran Yan & Pingping Luo & Zhe Liu & Yingying Sun & Shuangtao Wang & Wei Zhu & Xianbao Zha, 2023. "Analysis of the Ongoing Effects of Disasters in Urbanization Process and Climate Change: China’s Floods and Droughts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-16, December.
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