This paper is a phased result of the National Social Science Fund of China major project“Research on the Governance of Social Risk Systems in Metropolitan Cities”(16ZDA083).It is also funded by the Research and Innovation Team Construction Project“Design and Application of a Social Risk Management Decision Support System”of East China University of Science and Technology.
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