1. Home
  2. Update

China to draw up natural disaster 'risk map' to assist future urban planning

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
Upload your content
by Flickr user hinkeb / Henrik Berggren, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkeb/2978968150/
by Flickr user hinkeb / Henrik Berggren, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkeb/2978968150/

In an interview with Xinhua, Zou Ming, director of the disaster relief department of China's Civil Affairs Ministry, stated that the 'risk map' will be part of a natural disaster risk evaluation project intended to help city planners avoid locations at risk of earthquakes, floods and mudslides.

Attachments

Access View full story English

Last checked: 16 July 2021

Explore further

Hazards Earthquake Flood Landslide
Themes Urban risk and planning GIS and mapping
Country and region China

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use