A mechanism of disaster management in Korea: typhoons accompanied by flooding

Abstract

This article analyzed the improvement of a mechanism in relation to Korean disaster management, particularly of typhoons accompanied by floods. The analysis was done on the basis of own cultural background to ultimately mitigate disaster. By utilizing qualitative content analysis, both triangle- and quadrangle-style approaches have been compared via four factors, namely, national government's policies, business strategies, researchers' efforts, and volunteer activities. The article is valuable as a review of a mechanism of Korean disaster management which has been initially and comprehensively outlined. The key finding is that Korea has to change its current triangle-style approach to a quadrangle-style approach to reduce the impacts of typhoons accompanied by floods. In doing so, both challenges and alternatives or solutions have been identified for Korea.

Natural disaster management in Korea: Is it the “best”, or is it just “satisfactory”?

“…Today, green algae thrive in the rivers and have caused environmental pollution, without mitigating the impact of typhoons accompanied by flooding. The 18th president of Korea, Park Geun-Hye, changed the NEMA into the MPSS after the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014, adding maritime incidents, fires, and typhoons accompanied by floods into the scope of disaster management (Ha 2019). Neglecting the management of other hazards, the president tried to quell the strong criticism from the public by setting up the MPSS.…”

Alternating iterative coupling of hydrological and hydrodynamic models applied to Lingjiang river basin, China

“…The heavy rainfalls caused by typhoons lead to rapidly rising water levels, thus causing rapid ooding. Frequently, oods follow shortly after typhoons (Ha, 2019). Rising sea levels and an increase in storm surge intensity increase the likelihood of ooding in low-lying coastal areas (Lieske et al, 2014;Seenath et al, 2016).…”