Analysis of the Urban Resilience Level of 29 Cities in China Based on the Super-Efficient SBM Model

With the accelerated urbanization process in China, the massive gathering of the population to cities, and the improvement of urban construction levels and functions, the safety and importance of cities cannot be ignored. Today’s cities face many risk factors and frequent natural disasters. A scientific resilience evaluation system can objectively evaluate the level of resilience construction of cities and effectively guide cities for targeted enhancement. This paper uses the super-efficient Slack Based Measure(SBM) model to build an evaluation system that divides 27 tertiary indicators by secondary nature from the three dimensions of resilience, recovery, and adaptation. It selects 29 major large and medium-sized cities nationwide to measure their resilience levels from 2018 to 2020. The research results show that the development of resilience in China’s cities is on the rise. However, the average level is not high, and the polarization is evident, with an “olive-shaped” structure. In general, Quanzhou, Yinchuan, Jiaxing and Xining are at a high level of resilience, with little change from year to year; Jinan, Kunming and Wenzhou are less resilient and temporarily short of development; Chongqing, Harbin and other cities have significant differences in resilience between the three dimensions of resistance, recovery and adaptation, and have uncoordinated development problems. In the subsequent urban development, resources can be appropriately tilted to supplement the short board in time, and low-resilience cities learn experience from high-resilience cities.