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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-743-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-743-2021
Research article
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24 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 24 Feb 2021

Assessing Chinese flood protection and its social divergence

Dan Wang, Paolo Scussolini, and Shiqiang Du

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Flood protection level (FPL) is vital for risk analysis and management but scarce in realty particularly for developing countries. This paper develops a policy-based FPL dataset for China and validates it using local FPL designs. The FPLs are much higher than that in a global database, suggesting Chinese flood risk could be lower with the policy-required FPLs. Moreover, the FPLs are lower for western China and vulnerable people, implying a spatial and social divergence of the FPLs.
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