Evaluation of Community Emergency Management Capability Based on SWOT Analysis—A Case Study

Kai Wang (), Yuanyuan Feng, Hua Yang, Jun Deng and Quanfang Li
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Kai Wang: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Yuanyuan Feng: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Hua Yang: College of Electrical and Control Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Jun Deng: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Quanfang Li: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: (1) Background: the community is the most basic place to maintain residents’ lives, and therefore it is urgent to strengthen community resilience construction, which is directly related to the economic development, security and stability of urban communities. (2) Methods: this article combines the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) qualitative analysis method and the AHP (Analytic hierarchy process) qualitative and quantitative analysis method to explore the current status of community emergency management in Xi’an City. A community emergency management evaluation model is constructed, which is based on six dimensions: infrastructure resilience, community organization resilience, risk hazard governance, emergency material security, emergency force construction, and emergency literacy. The evaluation index for community emergency management is established. Focusing on analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of communities in responding to sudden public health emergencies, opportunities and threats are identified. (3) Results: it was concluded that infrastructure resilience and emergency material support are community strengths, community organizational resilience is a community weakness, the emergency literacy dimension is a community opportunity, and risk and hazard management and emergency force construction are community threats. The results of the data research were further analyzed. (4) Conclusions: The final research results provide new theoretical support for community emergency management, while also providing theoretical and methodological references for emergency capacity evaluation in other fields.

Keywords: community resilience; emergency management; indicator system; SWOT; weight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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