Environmental Vulnerability，EcosystemResilience and Debris Flow Disasters.docVIP

Environmental Vulnerability，EcosystemResilience and Debris Flow Disasters （ Ethnic Literature Research Institute， Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences， Kunming，650034， Yunnan， China） JOURNAL OF ETHNOLOGY， VOL. 6， NO.4， 50-58， 2015 （CN51-1731/C， in Chinese） DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1674-9391.2015.04. 07 Abstract： The Dongchuan district of Kunming，Yunnan is a place where debris flows happens frequently.As a result， the district is called a “natural museum of debris flow disasters”.This article will analyze the causes of debris flows in Dongchuan， management approaches， and the impacts of the disaster on the local people from the perspective of anthropology.It will reflect environmental vulnerability， ecosystem resilience， and their anthropological significance. Moreover， this article will also propose some suggestions on solving the problems of debris flow in Dongchuan from the angle of anthropology. Debris flow disasters in Dongchuan are a result of environmental degradation. Due to the long-term influence of debris flow disasters， Dongchuan has been a concern of scholars both domestic and foreign. Concerning the solution of this problem of debris flows in this region， it is regarded as a typical model in the comprehensive management of debris flows. If we say that the important approach for reducing debris flow disasters is to rely on decreasing environmental vulnerability and increasing revitalization of the environmental system， then， the Dongchuan model has both a theoretical and practical significance. What we need to emphasize here is that the environmental vulnerability of Dongchuan has been formed over a long process， hence， the time needed for building the ecosystems resilience will take much longer than the time needed for ecological degradation. We need to enhance the capability for building disaster prevention and reduction by targeting the environmental crisis， disaster-making factors and the disaster status―this is the value of doing research on debris flow dis