What Leads to Effective Emergency Management? A Configurational Analysis of Empirical Cases of Local Chinese Governments

Yang Fu, Lixia Liu and Dinghuan Yuan ()
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Yang Fu: Department of Public Administration, School of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, China
Lixia Liu: Department of Public Administration, School of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, China
Dinghuan Yuan: School of Public Administration and Emergency Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-24

Abstract: This study investigates the foundational elements that contribute to effective emergency management in urban settings, with a particular focus on experiences from Chinese municipalities. Drawing on resource dependence theory and attention allocation theory, this research develops an analytical framework encompassing four pivotal factors: environmental resources, information sharing, social participation, and leadership attention allocation. Utilizing Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), we examine these factors across sixteen critical incidents of urban accidents and disaster responses in China. Our findings reveal that a high degree of leadership attention allocation is an essential prerequisite for municipal governments to exhibit robust emergency management capabilities during crises. Furthermore, two primary pathways affecting emergency management capacity were identified: the “resource–leadership attention type” and the “social participation–resource coordination type”. These findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of the complexities of emergency management and enlighten the local governments to take some effective measures to enhance emergency management capacities to mitigate disaster losses.

Keywords: urban emergencies; local government; emergency management capacity; qualitative comparative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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