Geo-Disaster Governance under the IAD Framework: The Case Study of Chongqing’s Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China

Aobo Ran, Jingbo Fan, Li Zhou and Chenggang Zhang
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Aobo Ran: Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Jingbo Fan: School of Public Administration, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China
Li Zhou: Chongqing Geo-disaster Prevention and Control Center, Chongqing 400015, China
Chenggang Zhang: Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 14, 1-22

Abstract: Disaster governance draws attention from academics and policymakers, especially in developing countries. This paper shows how daily geo-disaster governance at local level operates in China and then reveals the causes of its pattern. To achieve the goals, we apply the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) Framework as the lens into the case of Chongqing’s Three Gorges Reservoir Region. We find that China’s daily geo-disaster governance, as a whole, is a top–down system where public sectors play an active role. It emphasizes technology, engineering, and profession, and features the matrix of fragmentation. The governance varies as the situations change and leaves disconnection among situations. The exogenous environment, several rules in action situations, and evaluative criteria shape the governance pattern altogether. Finally, we suggest that the government should change from disaster orientation to people orientation, from discontinuity to continuity, and from singularity to diversity.

Keywords: disaster governance; Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (IAD Framework); geological disaster; the Three Gorges Reservoir Region; China; Chongqing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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