Assessing the capabilities of resilience against earthquake in the city of Yasuj, Iran

ABSTRACT

Thus, in recent years, a special emphasis is put on resilience rather than vulnerability. This applied descriptive-analytical study has evaluated the social, economic, institutional and physical-environmental dimensions of resilience and their components at the level of households in the city of Yasuj. In this study, a sample size was estimated to be 250 heads of households. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that included questions about socioeconomic characteristics of households and questions assessing dimensions and components of resilience. The results showed that the state of Yasuj city’s resilience against possible earthquake in the economic, institutional and physical-environmental respects and in all aspects has been unsatisfactory. Furthermore, the examination of the effect of underlying factors on the total amount of resilience, the results of the multiple linear regression model showed that with increased staying time in the area of residence and number of people working to provide the family, the level of the resilience of households increases. On the other hand, the increase in the number of members of the family, having a free home compared to being an owner, the persons without any insurance than people with health insurance, reduce the amount of resilience of households.

KEYWORDS:

• Earthquake
• resilience
• the dimensions of resilience
• Yasuj
• Iran

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their gratitude to all those who helped us with the study, especially the experts and specialists in the field of tolerance and disaster management, who helped us in the preparation and design of the survey questionnaire.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.