A study on the emergency management system of the local government in Taiwan for climate change with Chunghua County as a case study Online publication date: Sun, 03-Jan-2016
by Chia-Chou Tsai; Mei-Hsuan Chen; Wei-Ta Chang
International Journal of Emergency Management (IJEM), Vol. 11, No. 4, 2015
Abstract: The effects of climate change have caused tremendous harm to Taiwan. During Typhoon Morakot, the local government in Taiwan could not effectively integrate the related departments to deal with such a contingency; this revealed a problem: the emergency management system of the local government operated slowly and was in chaos when disaster occurred. This paper is an in-depth study of current emergency management system of the local government, aimed at finding an appropriate emergency management system. The emergency management system for the government of Chunghua County was selected for this study, focusing on the organisational and functional aspects of their system. This paper discusses the emergency management system of other countries and then compares them with Chunghua County's emergency management system, which is used to identify which parts of the system should be improved. From the conclusion of this case study, suggestions are provided to improve emergency management.
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