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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 225-234.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2021.00082

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Characteristics of drought disasters risk in the Yellow River Basin under the climate warming

Lanying Han1,2(), Qiang Zhang2,3, Pengli Ma1, Youheng Wang1, Tao Huang1(), Jianying Jia1, Xin Wang1, Xiaowei Wang1, Weiping Liu1, Danhua Li1, Guoyang Lu1, Pengcheng Huang1, Bing Bai1   

  1. 1.Lanzhou Regional Climate Center,Lanzhou 730020,China
    2.Key Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Reducing Disaster of Gansu Province / Key Open Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Reducing Disaster of CMA,Institute of Arid Meteorology,China Meteorological Administration,Lanzhou 730020,China
    3.Meteorology Bureau of Gansu,Lanzhou 730020,China
  • Received:2021-05-26 Revised:2021-07-14 Online:2021-07-27 Published:2021-07-27
  • Contact: Tao Huang

Abstract:

The Yellow River Basin is an important economic belt and economic growth pole in China. It is also a populated densely area, an agricultural planting area and a key ecological bearing area. Under the climate background of global warming and frequent extreme precipitation events, the characteristics of drought change have been extremely prominent in the Yellow River Basin in recent years. Under the situation, the drought disaster risk and its response mechanism to climate change need to be further understood in the Yellow River Basin. Therefore, this article used the in 122 meteorological stations daily data since 1960 in the Yellow River basin, combined with remote sensing, social statistics and geographic information data and technology, based on the theory of disaster risk, established risk hazard factors, subsequently environmental vulnerability and vulnerability of hazard-affected bodies and disaster prevention and mitigation capacity reliability of four factors of drought disaster risk index system and model, The characteristics and regional differences of drought disaster risk were analyzed in detail in the Yellow River Basin . The results show that the distribution pattern of drought disaster risk has obvious zonality and complexity in the Yellow River Basin, and there are significant differences among different basins. The high risk areas are mainly located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin, and the risk in the middle and lower reaches is higher than that in the upper reaches. In the lower reaches of the river, the drought risk is mainly dominated by the drought hazard factors, while the hazard and vulnerability of the disaster-bearing body control the overall risk pattern. In the middle reaches, the drought risk is mainly contributed by the drought hazard factors, vulnerability and disaster-prevention capacity. On the upstream, the vulnerability of disaster-pregnant environment and reliability of disaster-prevention ability are more important than the disaster hazard factors and vulnerability. The variation law of drought disaster risk and its response to climate are extremely complex in the Yellow River Basin. The drought disaster risk is mainly affected by monsoon climate and complex terrain, as well as various factors such as social and economic development level, population exposure and contradiction between supply and demand of water resources. This study is of great significance to the ecological civilization construction, food security guarantee and national development strategy of the Yellow River basin.

Key words: Yelllow River Basin, drought disaster, risk assessment, climate change, MCI

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