Disaster Risk Management in the Republic of Korea
In: Disaster Risk Reduction
In: Disaster Risk Reduction Ser.
Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Overview and Historical Review -- 1.1 Introduction and Overview -- 1.2 Historical Review -- 1.2.1 Understanding Disaster as God´s Act -- 1.2.1.1 Global Perspective (Ancient Period to Middle Age) -- 1.2.1.2 Korean Development (Three Kingdoms, Unified Silla, and Goryeo) -- Records of Disaster -- Disaster Response Ways -- 1.2.2 Understanding Risk: Hazard and Vulnerability -- 1.2.2.1 Global Evolution (From 17C to the Beginning of 20C) -- 1.2.2.2 Korean Evolution (Joseon, Japanese Colonial Era, and US Military Period) -- Records of Disaster -- Disaster Response Ways -- 1.2.3 Evolutionary Understanding of Disaster -- References -- Chapter 2: Disaster Theory -- 2.1 Conceptual Foundation of Disaster -- 2.1.1 Concept of Disaster -- 2.1.2 Categorization of Disaster -- 2.1.2.1 Categorization by Disaster Cause -- 2.1.2.2 Innovative Disaster Classification Prism for Effective Disaster Response -- 2.1.2.3 Categorization by Other Principle -- 2.2 Disaster Theories and Progress of Disaster Management in Modern Times -- 2.2.1 Disaster Theories in Modern Times -- 2.2.1.1 Heinrich´s Law: Remembrance of the Sampoong Department Store Collapse in 1995 in Korea -- 2.2.1.2 Normal Accident: How Disaster Occurs in a Complex System -- 2.2.1.3 Risk Society: Increased Risk in Line with Civilization -- 2.2.1.4 Complexity Theory: Interconnectivity and Complexity of Disaster -- 2.2.2 Progress of DRM Since the Twentieth Century -- 2.2.2.1 Petak´s Four-Phase Model on Disaster Management -- 2.2.2.2 Performance-Centered DRM by New Public Administration Theory -- 2.2.2.3 Public Governance: Cooperation-Based DRM -- 2.2.2.4 The Increased Necessity of Comprehensive DRM -- 2.2.2.5 Global Agenda on DRM: Shift from Technical Approach to Holistic Approach -- 2.2.2.6 Civil Protection and Comprehensive Security