A dynamic process of health risk assessment for business continuity management during the World Exposition Shanghai, China, 2010

Xiaodong Sun, Mark Keim, Chen Dong, Mollie Mahany and Xiang Guo

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2014, vol. 7, issue 4, 347-364

Abstract: Reports of health issues related to mass gatherings around the world have indicated a potential for public health and medical emergencies to occur on a scale that could place a significant impact on business continuity for national and international organisations. This paper describes a risk assessment process for business continuity management that was performed as part of the planning efforts related to the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China (Expo), the world’s largest mass gathering to date. Altogether, 73 million visitors attended the Expo, generating over US$2bn of revenue. During 2008 to 2010, the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention performed a dynamic series of four disaster risk assessments before and during the Expo. The purpose of this assessment process was to identify, analyse and evaluate risks for public health security during different stages of the Expo. This paper describes an overview of the novel approach for this multiple and dynamic process of assessment of health security risk for ensuring business continuity.

Keywords: public health emergencies; risk assessment; vulnerability; 2010 World Exposition; public health; disaster management; mass gatherings; disasters; resilience; business continuity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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