Abstract: By taking Deyang prefecture-level city,Sichuan Province,one of the worst affected area of the 12th May,2008,M_S 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake as the case study area,some general features of the earthquake disaster cognition and responses of the social public in this large earthquake-hit area were analyzed preliminarily through questionnaire survey and field interview methods.The main conclusions are as follows:1)The comprehensive level and capability of cognizing on earthquake disasters and responding to the actual earthquake event of the social public in the studied area is not ideal.2)From the adolescent to the elderly,their levels and capabilities in different cognition and response aspects all increase gradually first and then decrease step by step.The population with highest levels and capabilities are those whose ages are from 19 to 25 years old,while the poorest are those juvenile and aged people.In addition,the earthquake disaster cognition levels of part of those middle-aged people are also obviously not as good as expected.3)People's education degrees have significant positive correlations with people's cognition and response levels or capacities.4)The levels and capabilities of the female are inferior to,even significantly inferier to that of the male.5)People's earthquake disaster knowledge and people's earthquake disaster-coping skills both influence deeply how these people respond to an actual earthquake event.Especially,the impact from the latter is much stronger.That is,the people who have some higher cognition degrees usually have more active and reasonable response attitudes and behaviors,and vice versa.6)The official mass media,including radio,television and newspapers,especially those after M_S 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake and the aimed propaganda of local government and other relevant institutions constitute together the two main channels for the local people to obtain earthquake disaster knowledge and to learn earthquake disaster-coping skills.While,the school formal education did not get any advantages as expected.Another point worthy of being emphasized is that,among these knowledge and skills possessed by the people of the studied area in the time of two months after the M_S 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake,a considerable large quantity was obtained right after this large earthquake.These people's earthquake disaster cognition degree before this large earthquake is obviously rather difficult to let us to be optimistic.Based on these conclusions,some suggestions on strengthening the earthquake disaster-reduction education for the studied area were put forward.

Key words: the M_S 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, the social public, earthquake disaster cognition, earthquake disaster response, disaster-reduction education, Deyang city

摘要： 以5.12汶川大地震重灾区之一的四川省德阳市为例,借助问卷调查和现场访谈,初步分析了灾区民众认知与响应地震灾害的一些整体特点,主要结论是:1)灾区民众认知与响应地震灾害的综合水平尚不理想。2)从青少年到老年,民众认知与响应地震灾害的几种能力均先逐渐增强后又逐渐减弱,各方面能力最好的是19～25岁的青年人,少年和老年人最差;在地震灾害认知程度方面,部分中壮年人群明显没有预期的好。3)民众的受教育程度与其认知和响应地震灾害的水平之间显著正相关。4)女性认知与响应地震灾害的水平与能力明显不如男性。5)民众的地震灾害知识水平和防震减灾技能掌握程度显著影响着其震时及震后的响应行为和态度,且以后者的影响更为突出。6)广播、电视、报纸特别是汶川大地震发生后的各类官方传媒,以及当地政府的针对性宣传是灾区民众获取防震减灾知识的两个主要途径,而学校正规教育则未能如期取得可以显见的优势。灾区民众在汶川大地震发生2个月后所拥有的防震减灾知识中,有相当大的数量是该次地震发生后才刚刚获得的。在此基础上,提出了一些加强该地区防震减灾知识宣传与教育的策略或建议。

关键词: 汶川M_S 8.0地震, 社会民众, 地震灾害认知, 地震灾害响应, 减灾宣教, 德阳市