https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/605613
Title: | In the Twilight Zone of Collaborative Disaster Prevention? The Experience of Flood Control in Different Levels of Government in Taiwan | Authors: | Kuo Ming Feng Wang Chun-yuan |
Keywords: | centralization; decentralization; collaborative disaster prevention; flood control; local governance; Taiwan | Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | INST PUBLIC SERVICE SUFFOLK UNIV-BOSTON | Journal Volume: | 8 | Journal Issue: | 2 | Start page/Pages: | 68-85 | Source: | CHINESE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW | Abstract: | With the coming of risk society, natural and human-made disasters have challenged the governance capacity of national and local governments. Although decentralization is a governance trend in various fields, little is known about the appropriate mode and crucial factors influencing its capacity for disaster management. The authors contend that a twilight zone exists between decentralization and centralization, and thus the purpose of this study is to explore how different levels of governments in Taiwan may collaborate in flood control effectively. By conducting in-depth interviews with public officials in Taiwan's branches of flood control in central and local governments, we analyzed the existing conflicts of power and responsibility between central- and local authorities. We defined the factors that influence the construction of effective collaboration across the levels of governments. Based on our empirical findings, this study ultimately makes policy suggestions to facilitate the establishment of mechanisms for effective governance. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/605613 | ISSN: | 1539-6754 | DOI: | 10.22140/cpar.v8i2.133 |
Appears in Collections: | 公共事務研究所 |
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