ANALYSIS OF PREPAREDNESS CHALLENGES OF RASHT PEOPLE FACING NATURAL DISASTER USING SWOT MODEL

High population density, increase in vulnerability of local communities, decrease in construction standards, and so on, lead to various natural and unnatural hazards and events followed by material and human consequences that the outcome of them threatens human life. In this regard, it is crucial to pay attention to preparedness that is a planning for the management of the worst conditions, thus awareness of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats confronting crisis management in Rasht city is of paramount importance. The purpose of this paper is the identification of strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities among Rasht people and providing appropriate strategies for their preparation in facing with natural disasters. In this study, descriptive- analytic research was used. The required data was collected using library studies and field observations. SOWT technique was used to analyze data and codify strategies. This end, list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats were identified and were rank through questionnaire and taking ideas of 52 experts. Combination of four factors in strategies production lead to the following ranking: WO strategies (3/517), WT strategies (3/512), so strategies (3/108), and ST strategies (3/103) are in the first, second, third and fourth rank respectively. Thus, the findings of the present study reveal that preparedness strategies of people in Rasht approximate revised or adaptive strategies Therefore, we should take the most advantages of existing opportunities through mitigating weaknesses.

Rasht ,SWOT MODEL, PREPAREDNESS