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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2015.30.3.135

A Study on the Revitalization of Disaster Vulnerable Population's Social Activity in the Safety Fields  

Yoo, Byungtae (Accident Prevention and Assessment Division, National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Kim, Hyunjung (Safety Research Division, National Disaster Management Institute)
Kim, Sangyong (Graduate School of Public Administration, Kookmin University)
Oh, Keumho (Safety Research Division, National Disaster Management Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.30, no.3, 2015 , pp. 135-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
Individuals who are vulnerable during disaster - including elderly, people with disabilities, children, pregnant women and etc - have a strong desire to protect themselves when disaster strikes since they are less capable to deal with the impact of disaster. Their experience and effort to keep them safe can be used as a resource to reduce the impacts of disaster not only for them but also for the community as a whole. Therefore, voluntary disaster management program will contribute to our society as a tool to respond effectively to disaster not only to meet the vulnerable's special needs but also to enhance community safety and public interest. This paper suggests a model that able "disaster vulnerable population" to take a leadership role in identifying risk and vulnerability factors, recommending disaster management strategy, and through that, contributing to enhance society's disaster plan. Therefore, this study aimed to surveyed individuals including "disaster vulnerable population" in order to assess the vulnerable's participation in disaster related volunteer work and surveyed associated institutions(volunteer centers, community centers) in order to research currently existing relevant programmes and the participation of "disaster vulnerable population" in such programmes. Also conducted focus group interview to explore voluntary program which will possibly integrate "disaster vulnerable population" into disaster management activities. As a result, three types of voluntary disaster management programs - education, public-relations, and activity - were suggested.
Keywords
disaster vulnerable population; disaster management; voluntary program; social participation;
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