IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v17y2025i4p1433-d1587538.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Spatiotemporal Evolution and Determinants of Urban Flood Resilience: A Case Study of Yellow River Basin

Author

Listed:
  • Jie Liu

    (School of Political Science and Law, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
    Center for Emergency Management, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China)

  • Xinyu Wang

    (School of Political Science and Law, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China)

  • Gongjing Gao

    (School of Political Science and Law, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China)

Abstract

Global climate change has intensified flood disasters at the local scale. In response, this study constructs a flood resilience indicator system at the urban scale based on the “pressure-state-response” (PSR) model. Indicator weights were determined using the analytic hierarchy process–entropy weight method (AHP-EWM), the flood resilience of 35 cities within the Yellow River Basin from 2010 to 2021, and their spatiotemporal evolution patterns, spatial correlations, and determinants were analyzed. The results indicate that flood resilience shows an upward trend over time, with stronger resilience observed in upstream and downstream cities and weaker resilience in midstream cities. The spatial correlation of flood resilience was significantly positive in 2010, 2015, and 2021, while it exhibited non-significant, fluctuating declines in other years. Most cities in Henan and Shandong provinces are characterized as high–high agglomeration type, whereas most cities in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces are classified as low–low type. Drainage efficiency, municipal investment, resilient planning, and urbanization have significant positive impacts on flood resilience, while the urban registered unemployment rate shows a positive spatial spillover effect. This study analyzed the flood resilience of cities in the Yellow River Basin from a comprehensive and logically coherent perspective and concluded with targeted recommendations aimed at enhancing flood resilience in the region.

Suggested Citation

  • Jie Liu & Xinyu Wang & Gongjing Gao, 2025. "Spatiotemporal Evolution and Determinants of Urban Flood Resilience: A Case Study of Yellow River Basin," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(4), pages 1-22, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:4:p:1433-:d:1587538
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/4/1433/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/4/1433/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Tian Bai & Audrey L. Mayer & William D. Shuster & Guohang Tian, 2018. "The Hydrologic Role of Urban Green Space in Mitigating Flooding (Luohe, China)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-13, October.
    2. Yu Chen & Xuyang Su & Qian Zhou, 2021. "Study on the Spatiotemporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Urban Resilience in the Yellow River Basin," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-20, September.
    3. Maria Kubara & Katarzyna Kopczewska, 2024. "Akaike information criterion in choosing the optimal k-nearest neighbours of the spatial weight matrix," Spatial Economic Analysis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(1), pages 73-91, January.
    4. Xu Zhao & Yinlan Chen & Yuefang Duan, 2021. "Do floodplain regulation projects increase vulnerability to poverty of resettlers? Recent evidence from downstream Yellow River, China," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 309-328, July.
    5. Simona Mannucci & Federica Rosso & Alessandro D’Amico & Gabriele Bernardini & Michele Morganti, 2022. "Flood Resilience and Adaptation in the Built Environment: How Far along Are We?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-22, March.
    6. Xinmeng Shan & Jie Yin & Jun Wang, 2022. "Risk assessment of shanghai extreme flooding under the land use change scenario," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 110(2), pages 1039-1060, January.
    7. Honghu Sun & Xianfu Cheng & Mengqin Dai, 2016. "Regional flood disaster resilience evaluation based on analytic network process: a case study of the Chaohu Lake Basin, Anhui Province, China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 82(1), pages 39-58, May.
    8. Wei Zhang & Gabriele Villarini & Gabriel A. Vecchi & James A. Smith, 2018. "Urbanization exacerbated the rainfall and flooding caused by hurricane Harvey in Houston," Nature, Nature, vol. 563(7731), pages 384-388, November.
    9. Jinliang Zhang & Yizi Shang & Meng Cui & Qiushi Luo & Ruihai Zhang, 2022. "Successful and sustainable governance of the lower Yellow River, China: A floodplain utilization approach for balancing ecological conservation and development," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 3014-3038, March.
    10. Yanping Qian & Zhen Wu, 2019. "Study on Urban Expansion Using the Spatial and Temporal Dynamic Changes in the Impervious Surface in Nanjing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-22, February.
    11. Kerri McClymont & David Morrison & Lindsay Beevers & Esther Carmen, 2020. "Flood resilience: a systematic review," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 63(7), pages 1151-1176, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Xinyan Huang & Dawei Wang, 2025. "Urban Flood Resilience in a Megacity Context: Multidimensional Assessment and Spatial Differentiation in Shenzhen," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-21, August.
    2. Shu Yang, 2025. "Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanisms of Coupling Coordination Between Green Innovation Efficiency and Urban Ecological Resilience: Evidence from Yangtze River Delta, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-22, September.
    3. Kaidong Lu & Yong Liu & Yintang Wang & Tingting Cui & Jiaxing Zhong & Zijiang Zhou & Xiaoping Gao, 2025. "Assessment of Urban Flood Resilience Under a Novel Framework and Method: A Case Study of the Taihu Lake Basin," Land, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-24, June.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Huagui Zhu & Fan Liu, 2021. "A Group-Decision-Making Framework for Evaluating Urban Flood Resilience: A Case Study in Yangtze River," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-16, January.
    2. Joowon Im, 2019. "Green Streets to Serve Urban Sustainability: Benefits and Typology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-22, November.
    3. Aibo Jin & Gachen Zhang & Ping Ma & Xiangrong Wang, 2024. "Ecosystem Services Trade-Offs in the Chaohu Lake Basin Based on Land-Use Scenario Simulations," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-29, December.
    4. Susca, T. & Zanghirella, F. & Colasuonno, L. & Del Fatto, V., 2022. "Effect of green wall installation on urban heat island and building energy use: A climate-informed systematic literature review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    5. Fei Liu & Hong Huang & Fangsen Lei & Ning Liang & Longxi Cao, 2025. "Ecological Resilience Assessment and Scenario Simulation Considering Habitat Suitability, Landscape Connectivity, and Landscape Diversity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-21, June.
    6. Gainbi Park & Zengwang Xu, 2022. "The constituent components and local indicator variables of social vulnerability index," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 110(1), pages 95-120, January.
    7. Carlynn Fagnant & Avantika Gori & Antonia Sebastian & Philip B. Bedient & Katherine B. Ensor, 2020. "Characterizing spatiotemporal trends in extreme precipitation in Southeast Texas," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 104(2), pages 1597-1621, November.
    8. Weijiang Li & Jiahong Wen & Bo Xu & Xiande Li & Shiqiang Du, 2018. "Integrated Assessment of Economic Losses in Manufacturing Industry in Shanghai Metropolitan Area Under an Extreme Storm Flood Scenario," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-19, December.
    9. Tim Slack & Vanessa Parks & Lynsay Ayer & Andrew M. Parker & Melissa L. Finucane & Rajeev Ramchand, 2020. "Natech or natural? An analysis of hazard perceptions, institutional trust, and future storm worry following Hurricane Harvey," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 102(3), pages 1207-1224, July.
    10. Bayarmaa Enkhbold & Kenichi Matsui, 2021. "Community Perceptions about Participating in Urban Park Establishment in Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-12, November.
    11. Vinícius B. P. Chagas & Pedro L. B. Chaffe & Günter Blöschl, 2022. "Climate and land management accelerate the Brazilian water cycle," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    12. Khalid Hussein & Naeema Alhosani & Ahmed M. Al-Areeq & Amran A. Al Aghbari & Muhagir Elkamali & Tareefa Alsumaiti & Hatim O. Sharif & Ahmed M. G. Almurshidi & Waleed Abdalati, 2025. "Unprecedented rainfall in the United Arab Emirates: hydrologic and flood impact analysis of the April 2024 event," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 121(8), pages 9363-9385, May.
    13. Linze Li & Chengsheng Jiang & Raghu Murtugudde & Xin-Zhong Liang & Amir Sapkota, 2021. "Global Population Exposed to Extreme Events in the 150 Most Populated Cities of the World: Implications for Public Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-11, February.
    14. Dan Zhu & Xinhang Li & Hongchang Li, 2025. "Research on the Infrastructure Resilience System and Sustainable Development of Coastal Cities in the Bohai Sea, China: A Multi-Model and Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity Analysis Based on CAS," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-24, September.
    15. Yifeng Qin & Caihua Yang & Rositsa Beluhova-Uzunova & Dobri Dunchev & Boryana Ivanova & Peng Chen & Shengquan Che, 2025. "Impacts of Urbanization on the Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Trade-Offs and Synergies Among Climate-Related Ecosystem Services," Land, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-19, September.
    16. Hao Su & Shuo Yang, 2022. "Spatio-Temporal Urban Land Green Use Efficiency under Carbon Emission Constraints in the Yellow River Basin, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-28, October.
    17. Arunima Sarkar Basu & Francesco Pilla & Srikanta Sannigrahi & Rémi Gengembre & Antoine Guilland & Bidroha Basu, 2021. "Theoretical Framework to Assess Green Roof Performance in Mitigating Urban Flooding as a Potential Nature-Based Solution," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-34, November.
    18. Liangang Li & Pingyu Zhang & Chengxin Wang, 2022. "What Affects the Economic Resilience of China’s Yellow River Basin Amid Economic Crisis—From the Perspective of Spatial Heterogeneity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-20, July.
    19. Ruth Abegaz & Fei Wang & Jun Xu, 2024. "History, causes, and trend of floods in the U.S.: a review," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 120(15), pages 13715-13755, December.
    20. Wenbin Luo & Mingming Su, 2018. "A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Urban Parkland Expansion in China and Practical Implications to Enhance Urban Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-14, December.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:4:p:1433-:d:1587538. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.