ASSESSMENT OF URBAN RESILIENCE TO NATURAL DISASTERS: LOCATION OF THE STUDY NOWSHAHR
Abstract
One of the major issues that most cities in the world are facing is natural disasters. Natural disasters always threaten human settlements and human lives, and they can cause extensive losses and damages in a short time. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to assess the resilience of the city of Nowshahr against natural disasters, the data were collected through the development of various questionnaires, field studies, and documents from 90 managers and experts in the city of Nowshahr. Using a descriptive-analytic and field survey methodology, the collected data were analyzed using One-Sample t-test. The results show that resilience to natural disasters for some of the indicators is less than moderate, indicating inadequate resilience of the region under study against natural disasters.
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