Research Article

Risk Assessment of Drought in the Yangtze River Delta Based on Natural Disaster Risk Theory

Table 3

Classification criteria for buffer widths and their susceptible index in different waters.

Type of waterBuffer width (km)/impact index
First level bufferSecond level buffer

0.1–1 km2 reservoir/lake0.5/0.31/0.1
1–10 km2 reservoir/lake2/0.354/0.15
10–100 km2 reservoir/lake3/0.46/0.2
>100 km2 reservoir/lake5/0.459/0.25
First level river4/0.458/0.25
Second level river3/0.356/0.15