2008年初,我国南方地区遭遇了50年不遇的雪灾。在雪灾过去之后,我们要思考的除了灾害的预防机制,更要思考城市的减灾机制。城市作为目前中国5.6亿人的生活和工作场所,其人口的集中性使灾害的危害扩大。要建立城市减灾机制,应先从制度的角度建立有关灾害预防和处理的法律法规,以及紧急救助的法律法规,建立应对灾害的社会保险机制,健全减灾的社会运行机制,提高政府的危机管理能力。 In early 2008, southern China suffered 50 years of snowstorms. After the snowstorm has passed, we must think about disaster mitigation mechanisms in addition to the city’s disaster reduction mechanism. As the current 560 million people in China live and work in cities, the concentration of their population has increased the damage caused by disasters. To establish the mechanism of disaster reduction in cities, we should first establish laws and regulations on disaster prevention and treatment, laws and regulations on emergency relief, establish a social insurance system to deal with disasters, improve the social operation mechanism for disaster reduction and improve the government’s crisis management capabilities .