Disaster-preventive migration (DPM) is an important method for disaster risk management,
but migration itself entails a potential social stability risk. This study took County D in Yunnan …

With the development of urbanization, large-scale population movement, and disintegration
of the traditional communities, the disaster-related social vulnerability in China's coastal …

Introduction The reconstruction of areas hit by serious natural disasters is a very complicated
process which requires not only the investment of substantial material capital, but also the …

Since 1978, millions of Chinese workers have migrated to seek personal development
opportunities. However, little is known about what the world's largest internal migration …

The deterioration of the living environment caused by the earthquake is the main migration
motivation of residents in the area of the secondary earthquake disaster, and their migration …

This paper analyzes the relationship between environmental migration and social
vulnerability of 30 municipalities affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster …

Southwestern mountainous China is a vast, underdeveloped ethnic minority area with
frequent geological disasters caused widespread poverty and therefore the inability to resist …

China is a country highly vulnerable to abrupt geological hazards. The present study aims to
investigate disaster preparedness and perception of abrupt geological disasters (such as …

To improve natural disaster management, it is important to recognize the variability of the
vulnerable populations exposed to hazards and to develop location-based emergency plans …

Natural disasters present a significant challenge to the productivity of Zhejiang Province.
This paper is the first to evaluate social vulnerability to natural disasters in Zhejiang Province …