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Natural disaster management in Korea : an analytic study with policy implications.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Natural hazard research working paper ; 88Publication details: [Boulder, Colo.] : Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1994Description: vii, 83 p. : illDDC classification:
  • 363.34809519 NAT
Subject: The purpose of this study was to analyze the management of storm-flood disasters, a major type of natural disaster in Korea. The findings have political implication for the ways in which natural disaster are managed. The method adopted in the study involved an integrative framework; the study itself included survey interviews and field observation. The framework adopted examines the environmental circumstances of South Korea; the relevance of sociocultural values and the national political economy; the effects of the government's organizational structure and policies; and individual responses to natural disasters and to the government's role in disaster management
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Bibliography: p. 78-83

The purpose of this study was to analyze the management of storm-flood disasters, a major type of natural disaster in Korea. The findings have political implication for the ways in which natural disaster are managed. The method adopted in the study involved an integrative framework; the study itself included survey interviews and field observation. The framework adopted examines the environmental circumstances of South Korea; the relevance of sociocultural values and the national political economy; the effects of the government's organizational structure and policies; and individual responses to natural disasters and to the government's role in disaster management

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