VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF URBAN DISASTER-AFFECTED BODIES BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA DATA:TAKING EXTREME WEATHER IN SHENZHEN AS AN EXAMPLE
The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events have significantly increased worldwide,posing severe threats to the public and infrastructure in high-density cities.Therefore,it is crucial to assess the vulnerability of urban disaster-affected bodies,as it plays an essential role in enhancing urban resilience.Different from the traditional data,which is often limited in evaluating sudden-onset disasters,social media data offers real-time and rich spatio-temporal information,making it a valuable source.This paper focuses on the spatial distribution of 76 sub-districts in Shenzhen during the three time periods of the 2018 typhoon Mangkhut.After preprocessing the relevant Weibo data during the disaster period,the paper identifies and classifies public perception vulnerability and public sentiment vulnerability using the LDA model and the SnowNLP model.Furthermore,the infrastructure vulnerability is subdivided into six categories based on corpus construction.The analysis reveals that three types of vulnerabilities exhibit concentrated peaks with successive lags,demonstrating distinct spatial patterns between the northern and southern regions and a"dumbbell-shaped"distribution.Based on these findings,the paper proposes relevant planning suggestions to improve the spatio-temporal coordination of the vulnerability of urban disaster-affected bodies,in order to enhance urban disaster resilience.
vulnerability of disaster-affected bodiessocial mediapublic perceptionpublic sentimentinfrastructure vulnerability to disaster