Assessment of Chinese local government disaster resilience based on the D-FAHP method

This study adopts the D-FAHP method to assess the disaster resilience of sub-provincial municipal governments in China. Building on prior research and incorporating critical indicators identified through team fieldwork, we established an evaluation system with 4 criterion layer indicators and 19 scheme layer indicators.The D-FAHP method proves more applicable to complex evaluations under uncertain environments, enhancing the scientific rigor of indicator weight calculation in this study. By integrating indicator weights with expert panel assessments, we conducted a quantitative analysis and evaluation of the disaster resilience of the Qiannan Municipal Government.

The comprehensive disaster resilience score reached 87.19, rated as “Good”. Among the four phases, mitigation, preparedness, and recovery demonstrated strong performance, while the response phase requires further improvement. Overall, this study contributes to: (1) Enriching the disaster resilience evaluation indicator system, while empirically validating the critical importance of public disaster prevention education, public disaster response capacity training, crisis management resource reserves, and hazard avoidance-based land use planning; (2) Pioneering the application of the D-FAHP method, an innovative integration scarcely seen in existing disaster resilience assessment research.