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Volume 15, Issue 4 (Winter-In Press 2026)
Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2026, 15(4): 6-6 |
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Khoshbakht F, Bagheritehrani M. Feasibility Assessment of Flood Risks and Review of Crisis Management in the City of Bandar Gaz, Golestan Province. Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2026; 15 (4) :6-6
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1- Department of Architecture, Par.C., Islamic Azad University, Pardis, Iran
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Background and objective: Changes in the physical environment, followed by a decline in the city's performance, environmental hazards, lack of security, unrest, and threats to life are among the first outcomes of a disaster. When a disaster occurs, the overall structure that keeps a city cohesive fall apart. And the first feeling that comes to people is a feeling of fear for life and property, and social insecurity. The purpose of this research is to investigate the feasibility of flood risk assessment and the review of crisis management in Bandargaz County, Golestan Province
Method: The present study was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method. The research approach is a mixed approach with a sequential strategy (quantitative-qualitative-quantitative). The necessary data were obtained using a researcher-made questionnaire, observation, and semi-structured interviews. The statistical population of the study is the residents of Bandargaz County, as well as post-disaster reconstruction experts, who were questioned. Data analysis was conducted using path analysis, factor analysis, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The geographical scope of this research is Bandar Gaz County, a part of Golestan Province. The assessment and investigation of flood risk feasibility and crisis management review were carried out through the criteria of; environmental order, housing quality, urban environmental health, environmental adaptation, facilities, physical-activity diversity, accessibility and permeability. Through confirmatory factor analysis, it was determined that the research questions fully represent the 7 components of flood risk feasibility and crisis management review.
Results: Based on the results of the Pearson test; the environmental order component has the highest impact on risk reduction. The greatest impact and relationship between flood risk reduction and the research criteria are as follows: 1- Environmental order (0.731), 2- Facilities (0.722), 3- Access and permeability (0.625), 4- Urban environmental health (0.619), 5- Physical-activity diversity (0.591), 6- Adaptation to the environment (0.511). The results of the regression test based on the data from the general questionnaire show that there is a direct and significant relationship between the criteria for flood risk assessment and crisis management review. The average of the physical components of flood risk assessment and crisis management review in Bandar Gaz city is 2.93. Bandar Gaz city is not in a favorable situation in terms of flood risk.
Conclusion: The results show that crisis management in Bandar Gaz city is weak, and its physical and infrastructural dimensions are at a weak level. The trend of proposals and policies for developing infrastructure and reducing flood risk is towards planning and reviewing crisis management in Bandar Gaz city and improving physical criteria for assessing flood risk feasibility and reviewing crisis management in all its dimensions.
Method: The present study was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method. The research approach is a mixed approach with a sequential strategy (quantitative-qualitative-quantitative). The necessary data were obtained using a researcher-made questionnaire, observation, and semi-structured interviews. The statistical population of the study is the residents of Bandargaz County, as well as post-disaster reconstruction experts, who were questioned. Data analysis was conducted using path analysis, factor analysis, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The geographical scope of this research is Bandar Gaz County, a part of Golestan Province. The assessment and investigation of flood risk feasibility and crisis management review were carried out through the criteria of; environmental order, housing quality, urban environmental health, environmental adaptation, facilities, physical-activity diversity, accessibility and permeability. Through confirmatory factor analysis, it was determined that the research questions fully represent the 7 components of flood risk feasibility and crisis management review.
Results: Based on the results of the Pearson test; the environmental order component has the highest impact on risk reduction. The greatest impact and relationship between flood risk reduction and the research criteria are as follows: 1- Environmental order (0.731), 2- Facilities (0.722), 3- Access and permeability (0.625), 4- Urban environmental health (0.619), 5- Physical-activity diversity (0.591), 6- Adaptation to the environment (0.511). The results of the regression test based on the data from the general questionnaire show that there is a direct and significant relationship between the criteria for flood risk assessment and crisis management review. The average of the physical components of flood risk assessment and crisis management review in Bandar Gaz city is 2.93. Bandar Gaz city is not in a favorable situation in terms of flood risk.
Conclusion: The results show that crisis management in Bandar Gaz city is weak, and its physical and infrastructural dimensions are at a weak level. The trend of proposals and policies for developing infrastructure and reducing flood risk is towards planning and reviewing crisis management in Bandar Gaz city and improving physical criteria for assessing flood risk feasibility and reviewing crisis management in all its dimensions.
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Received: 2025/02/12 | Accepted: 2025/05/26 | ePublished: 2026/03/1
Received: 2025/02/12 | Accepted: 2025/05/26 | ePublished: 2026/03/1
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