Analysis to the Characteristics of Cognition and Response of the Public to Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake Disaster: A Case Study from
In order to find out the cognition and response level of the public to Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake and supply a scientific basis for government to establish and implement the disaster-reduction strategy, the paper formulated a questionnaire on the public’s cognition and response to earthquake disaster according to the structure system of cognition and response to earthquake disaster. Based on weight and evaluation, the paper constructed the evaluation model for each part of index system and overall evaluation model on cognition and response to earthquake disaster and calculated comprehensive score of the public’s cognition and response to earthquake disaster based on it.