Analysis and Prioritization of Effective Factors in Reducing the Vulnerability of Cities to Natural Hazards (Case Study: Zabol City)

Today,global statistics on natural hazards show that these crises are still dangerous for cities,despite technological advances.Accordingly,the issue of environmental crises must be scientifically addressed and because there are no adequate costs and facilities to mitigate the effects of environmental crises,Therefore,with the existing minimums,in accordance with the type of crises,cities should be planned and designed in accordance with them in order to minimize the damage of this type of disasters.In this regard,the purpose of this study is to Analysis and prioritization of effective factors in reducing the vulnerability of cities to natural hazards(Case study:Zabol city).The research method is analytical and based on library,documentary and field studies.Also,SPSS software and AMOS software and fuzzy AHP model were used for data analysis.The results of one-sample t-test showed that each of the managerial,economic,social and natural factors have a great impact on reducing the physical vulnerability ofZabol city against natural hazards.The results of linear multiple regression test showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between managerial,economic, social and natural factors and reducing the vulnerability of Zabol city to natural hazards.The results of non-parametric correlation analysis of AMOS software show a direct and significant relationship at the alpha level of 0.01 between the management factor and economic,social and natural factors.There is also a direct relationship between managerial and economic factors and social and natural factors.Finally,the results of the fuzzy AHP model showed that, among the proposed factors, the management factor with a normalized weight of 0.422 is the most important factor in reducing natural hazards.