Inspirations of Japanese Welfare Shelter Construction for Aging China

Li, Wenjing; Zhai, Guofang; Gu, Fumei; Chen, Zewu

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“…For example, the United States provides detailed standards for planning and operating shelters for special populations and places a high priority on the shelter needs of vulnerable groups [22]. Japan focuses on the construction and management of welfare-type shelters, which are special shelters for special people in times of disaster, and they cooperate with medical institutions to provide timely medical assistance to people in need [23]. Some scholars have also begun to focus on the heterogeneity of evacuation capacity between particular groups, such as the elderly, children and patients, and to assess the effectiveness of emergency shelters on this basis [24,25].…”

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Evaluation of Emergency Shelter Service Functions and Optimisation Suggestions—Case Study in the Songyuan City Central Area

Tang

Wang

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Sustainability

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Reasonable planning and construction of emergency shelters is of great significance in improving the ability of cities to prevent and mitigate disasters and ensuring urban public safety. From the perspective of the needs of the evacuees, this paper constructs an evaluation index system for the service function of emergency evacuation places in four aspects: effectiveness, accessibility, safety and rescue responsiveness. This paper takes the central city of Songyuan as the case study area. We apply the entropy weight–TOPSIS–grey correlation method to evaluate the service functions of emergency shelters in the central city of Songyuan and determine their service function levels. An interactive analysis using the bivariate Moran index is used to determine the current state of supply and demand for places of refuge, in terms of their service functions and population distribution. It also makes recommendations for optimisation, based on the extent to which the service function of the emergency shelter is coordinated with the distribution of the population. The results show that of the 54 emergency shelters in the central city of Songyuan, the low and medium service function levels are divided into 33 and 15, with problems such as unreasonable spatial layout and inadequate emergency supplies and medical resources. The future construction of emergency shelters should focus not only on increasing the number and improving the scale, but also on considering the characteristics of population distribution, optimising the spatial distribution pattern and making full use of existing resources such as parks, squares and schools. The establishment of composite spatial resources for disaster preparedness and the promotion of a government-led model of interconnected shelter and emergency infrastructure can effectively enhance the spatial resilience of cities in response to natural hazards.

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Evaluation of Emergency Shelter Service Functions and Optimisation Suggestions—Case Study in the Songyuan City Central Area

Tang

Wang

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Location-allocation of fixed shelters for the elderly from the perspective of needs for refuge: A case of Hefei, China

Zhai

Chen

2023

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Review of research on disaster mitigation emergency congregate shelter planning for vulnerable group

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Chu

2024

J. mechatron., artif. intell., eng.

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The elderly, including individuals with disabilities, women, and children, among other vulnerable evacuees, are the most fragile group during disasters. During major disasters, safely and rapidly transferring vulnerable evacuees to shelters that can meet their sheltering needs is crucial and challenging in emergency rescue work. This article systematically analyzes the sheltering behavior characteristics and sheltering needs of vulnerable evacuees based on relevant research at home and abroad. It also reviews the technical indicators and requirements for emergency shelter planning for vulnerable evacuees, and studies emergency shelter planning models from the perspective of vulnerable evacuees. Finally, it proposes prospects for emergency shelter planning indicators and models based on vulnerable evacuees, providing a reference and guidance for improving and enhancing emergency sheltering strategies for vulnerable evacuees.

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Inspirations of Japanese Welfare Shelter Construction for Aging China

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Evaluation of Emergency Shelter Service Functions and Optimisation Suggestions—Case Study in the Songyuan City Central Area

Evaluation of Emergency Shelter Service Functions and Optimisation Suggestions—Case Study in the Songyuan City Central Area

Location-allocation of fixed shelters for the elderly from the perspective of needs for refuge: A case of Hefei, China

Review of research on disaster mitigation emergency congregate shelter planning for vulnerable group

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