Research On The Problems Of Public Meteorological Service Equalization Between Yunnan’s City And Countryside

Yunnan province, locating in the southwest of China, suffers from a variety of natural disasters. Unfortunately, its social production and economic activities enormously depend on the natural environment due to the backward methods of cultivation. In particular, the rural areas where people rely on the weather conditions are vulnerable to the hazards of nature. Statistically, meteorological disasters top the list among all natural disasters in Yunnan, and they pose serious threats to both people’s living and agricultural development. This fact clearly shows the fundamental importance of high-quality public meteorological service. However, the supply of this service to rural areas is much less than that to urban areas. The gap in supplying meteorological service between rural and urban areas in Yunnan is greater with respect to that between them in other advanced provinces in China.Based on scientific methods such as extensive literature reading, field investigation and theoretical analysis, this paper addresses the problems of the gap in supplying the public meteorological service between urban and rural areas in Yunnan province. By investigating current situation of public meteorological service, it is found that great differences exist between urban and rural areas, and on the analysis of the causes to such differences from macro to micro levels, some proposals are posed with the aim of realizing the equalization of public meteorological service between urban and rural areas. This will be helpful to narrow the gap between urban and rural public meteorological service, and improve the protection capability of the rural people when facing meteorological disasters in Yunnan.