[PDF] Disaster Risk Management In The Republic Of Korea eBook

Author : Yong-kyun Kim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9811047898

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This book scrutinizes the entire disaster trajectory history in the Republic of Korea: evolution, cross-over, and interconnection among natural, technological, and social disasters. Also examined is the government’s dynamic reaction for effective disaster responses in the wake of major disasters, labelled as focusing events, distributed in the long tail of the power law function. Collating one nation’s entire disaster history, its disaster management policies, and its responses to major disasters is a unique journey into that nation’s evolution. Korea rose from devastation in the 1950s to become one of the most economically and politically dynamic nations by the turn of the century. However, with rapid growth has come all types of disasters. Looking at the lessons learned from Korea’s disaster risk management measures, policies, and responses, as well as some of the world’s major disasters, we can gain insight into the future of disaster risk management.This book is intended to lay out developing nations’ potential future disaster risk management path, a theoretical policymaking guide, and desirable institutional and organizational transformations. Effective countermeasures included in this book will guide policymakers, capacity builders, and academics in developing nations to avoid the disaster path in the near future at the cost of rapid economic growth that Korea faced.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9292690299

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There was a time when the Republic of Korea (ROK) became the second highest in the world for the number of daily confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). But the country was able to quickly suppress the surge and reduce the number of confirmed cases. This report discusses the key factors for the successful response of the ROK to COVID-19 during the early phase of the pandemic. It analyzes how the ROK has performed in terms of comprehensive disaster risk management. The report also discusses lessons that the Asian Development Bank’s developing member countries can learn from the ROK’s COVID-19 response experience.

Author : Hoon Sang Lee
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category :
ISBN : 9789292690281

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This report discusses the key factors for the successful response of the Republic of Korea to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and analyzes the country's performance in terms of comprehensive disaster risk management. There was a time when the ROK became the second highest in the world for the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases. But the country was able to quickly suppress the surge and reduce the number of confirmed cases. This report discusses lessons that ADB developing member countries can learn from the ROK's COVID-19 response experience.

Author : Katja L. H. Samuel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108693199

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The number, intensity, and impact of diverse forms of 'natural' and 'human-made' disasters are increasing. In response, the international community has shifted its primary focus away from disaster response to prevention and improved preparedness. The current globally agreed upon roadmap is the ambitious Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, central to which is the better understanding of disaster risk management and mitigation. Sendai also urges innovative implementation, especially multi-sectoral and multi-hazard coherence. Yet the law sector itself remains relatively under-developed, including a paucity of supporting 'DRR law' scholarship and minimal cross-sectoral engagement. Commonly, this is attributable to limited understanding by other sectors about law's dynamic potential as a tool of disaster risk mitigation, despite the availability of many risk-related norms across a broad spectrum of legal regimes. This unique, timely Handbook brings together global and multi-sector perspectives on one of the most pressing policy issues of our time.

Author : Gregory Coutaz
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1787430936

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This book analyzes the diversity of national disaster risk governance across Northeast Asia by comparing the national disaster management plans implemented by the governments of China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. It also provides an overview of the financial protection measures employed by these jurisdictions to insure against losses.

Author : Yijia Jing
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9813345861

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This book is a joint endeavour of the three partner universities to develop a book with in-depth and state-of-art analysis for the academic community of East Asia and the world. Past disasters, like the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake in China and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, saw good efforts of East Asian countries in helping each other. Such a trend has been further strengthened in these countries’ recent cooperation and mutual support in their fight against Covid-19 pandemic. While China, Japan, and South Korea are geographically and culturally contiguous and hence may share some characteristics in their risk management principles and practices, there may also be many significant differences due to their different socioeconomic and political systems. The commonalities and variances in East Asia risk management systems are also reflected by their recent responses to the Covid-19 challenges. While all three countries demonstrated overall success in controlling the epidemic, the measures taken by them were different. This research will be of interest to policymakers, scholars and economists.

Author :
Publisher :
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2010
Category :
ISBN :

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This declaration, made by the Heads of Governments, the Ministers, and the Heads of Delegations of the countries of Asia and the Pacific, at the Fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in Incheon, Republic of Korea, on 25-28 October 2010, calls for (i) raising awareness and building capacity for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA); (ii) developing and sharing information, technology, sound practices, and lessons learned in climate and disaster risk management; (iii) promoting integration of DRR and CCA into development for green growth; (iv) urging all actors to implement Hyogo Framework for Action in line with the five priorities for action; (v) promoting investments on DRR and CCA; and (vi) promoting resilient cities; in recognition of the need to protect women, children and other vulnerable groups from the disproportionate impacts of disaster and to empower them to promote resiliency within their communities and workplaces."

Author : Nguyen Trung Viet
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1483 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811502919

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This book presents selected articles from the International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC 2019), an event intended to promote academic and technical exchange on coastal related studies, including coastal engineering and coastal environmental problems, among Asian and Pacific countries/regions. APAC is jointly supported by the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), and the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE). APAC is jointly supported by the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), and the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE).