Study Findings from China University of Science and Technology Provide New Insights into Earth Science (Evaluation of the moderate earthquake…

Study Findings from China University of Science and Technology Provide New Insights into Earth Science (Evaluation of the moderate earthquake resilience of counties in China based on a three-stage DEA model)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Current study results on Science - Earth Science have been published. According to news originating from Anhui, People's Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "China has been struck by earthquakes at all scales, and such quakes have resulted in enormous human and property losses. Previous studies have mainly focused on large-scale earthquakes."

Financial support for this research came from National Natural Science Foundation of China (see also Science - Earth Science).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the China University of Science and Technology, "However, small-scale quakes can also have long-term impacts. This study sheds light on moderate earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 7.0. It aims to evaluate county resilience to moderate earthquakes based on 102 moderate quakes that occurred in Mainland China during 2002-2014. To overcome the shortcomings of traditional data envelopment analysis (DEA) evaluation methods, this study adopts a three-stage super-efficient DEA model to evaluate the resilience of counties that have been struck by moderate earthquakes. Moreover, it identifies socioeconomic factors that can effectively affect county resilience. Results suggest that most counties in China that have been struck by moderate earthquakes exhibit low efficiency and resilience. The research uses Tobit regression to demonstrate that insurance intensity, hospital beds, teledensity, government financial expenditure, and disaster experience can efficiently improve county resilience to moderate earthquakes, which indicates the future improvement direction of local resilience. Moreover, a region with a high frequency of moderate quakes displays relatively low efficiency and resilience."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Considerable attention and effort should be afforded to these areas."

For more information on this research see: Evaluation of the moderate earthquake resilience of counties in China based on a three-stage DEA model. Natural Hazards, 2018;91(2):587-609. Natural Hazards can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Natural Hazards - www.springerlink.com/content/0921-030x/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Y. Liu, China University of Science & Technology, Sch Management, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include J.C. Wei, J. Xu and Z. Ouyang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-3142-6. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Anhui, People's Republic of China, Asia, Earth Science, Science, China, Asia, China University of Science and Technology.

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