Responding in Crises: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Responses between Mainland China and Taiwan

Chun-Chieh Ma
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Chun-Chieh Ma: National University of Tainan, Harvard University

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2012, vol. 9, issue 1, 19

Abstract: The management of crisis events involves activity at the organizational and governmental jurisdiction levels and is comprised of an integrated system of practice and structure. However, because there are two systems involved in crisis response, namely centralization and decentralization of disaster management, there are differences in governmental actions in response to crisis events. This article analyzes and compares the actions of disaster responses undertaken by mainland China and Taiwan when faced with major natural disasters in order to demonstrate the different response results and defects of centralized and decentralized crisis response systems, respectively. The results showed that the efficiency of decentralized response systems is higher than that of centralized systems, as respondents in a decentralized system have the ability to make independent judgments and respond to crisis situations flexibly. However, there are also restrictions on the successful operation of decentralized response systems, including problems concerning the organizational command and control model, military operations, and communication and coordination between different response organizations.

Keywords: Mainland China; Taiwan; centralization; decentralization; crisis response system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1515/1547-7355.1993

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