Enhancing local disaster management network through developing resilient community in new Taipei city, Taiwan
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
15
Pages
1-19
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Abstract
Large-scaled disaster events had increasingly occurred worldwide due to global and environmental change. Evidently, disaster response cannot rely merely on the public force. In the golden hour of crisis, not only the individuals should learn to react, protect themselves, and try to help each other, but also the local school, enterprise, non-government organization (NGO), nonprofit organization (NPO), and volunteer groups should collaborate to effectively deal with disaster events. New Taipei City (NTPC), Taiwan, was aware of the need for non-public force response and therefore developed the process of enhancing local disaster management networks through promoting the resilient community since 2009. The concept of a resilient community is to build community-based capacity for mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in an all-hazards manner. This study organized the NTPC experience and presented the standard operation procedure (SOP) to promote the resilient community, key obstacles, maintenance mechanism, and the successful formulation of the local disaster management network. The performance of the promotion was evaluated through a questionnaire survey and found that participants affirmed the positive effect of building community capacity through the entire process. In general, the resilient community as the center of the local disaster management work is shown promising to holistically bridge the inner/outer resources and systematically respond to disaster events. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Other Subjects
capacity building; community development; conceptual framework; disaster management; local participation; nongovernmental organization; nonprofit organization; performance assessment; adult; article; controlled study; disaster; female; human; human experiment; male; questionnaire; Taiwan; city; disaster planning; non profit organization; Taiwan; Taipei; Taiwan; Cities; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Humans; Organizations, Nonprofit; Taiwan
Type
journal article