Measuring and prioritizing earthquake resilience in rural areas Case study: South and central Wilkije part of Namin County

Authors

• vahid taleihur ¹
• mohamad zaheri ²
• soheyla bakhtar ³
• ashkan shafiee ³

¹ PhD Student of Geography and Rural Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran .

² Associate Professor of Geography and Rural Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

³ PhD Student of Geography and Rural Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

10.30495/jzpm.2022.5366

Abstract

Rural resilience is a community oriented approch to promote preparedness of rural communities versus instability arising from risks. reducing the vulnerability of villagers by increasing the flexibility versus natural consequence is one of the features of managment, planing and development that is possible through identifiying effective factors on resilience strengthen.. This study is application in based on objective and descriptive- analytical in based on nature. The statistical population is 24 inhabited villages of the southern and central Wilkij villages with a population of 18,249 people. The sample size was estimated at 380 people based on the Cochran formula which disperses the number of samples in the villages proportionate to their population and Sample selection method in each village has been randomized systematically.To adjust questionnaire was used of the five resilience indicators in the form of 45 items. The reliability of the was evaluated based on Cronbach's Alpha of 0.91.To weigh indicators was used from the Shannon Entropy technique, to level the villages was used from decision techniques of Topsis, Vikor and Saw and to integrate the results was used by Kopeld Technique. Findings show government grants (0.027) is the most important criterion and dependence on location (0.016) is the least important criterion. The results of the leveling of the villages indicate this eight villages are on a good level, 10 villages on average six villages are also at weak levels. The results of one-sample t-test with a mean of 2.93 showed that the resilience of the villages of the southern and central Wilkij villages was lower than the average. It can be concluded that resilience against earthquake is not in good condition and the earthquake is a serious danger that threaten to rural areas.

Keywords

• Resilience
• Rural Resilience
• Sustainability
• Natural Risks
• Earthquake

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