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The Comparative Study on the Perception of Business Activities about Disaster Preparedness between Korea and Japan  

Kwon, YungTaek (Department of Disaster Science, Univ. of Seoul)
Yoon, MyungO (Department of Disaster Science, Univ. of Seoul)
Choi, HeeCheon (Urban Safety & Security Research Institute, Univ. of Seoul)
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Journal of the Society of Disaster Information / v.9, no.4, 2013 , pp. 383-391 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study surveyed the perception differences of business activities about disaster preparedness between Korea and Japan's companies. In Korea, the perception of disaster risk, existence of disaster plan, emergency support to staffs, and support willingness to local society are much lower than Japan's responses. But, Korean companies' planning rate about staffs' refuge and their returning to companies are higher than Japans'. The reason is seemed to be resulted from Korean 'civil defense' codes that define the composition of 'civil defense corps'. Japan has very highly specific guidelines and has continuous improvements about disaster preparedness plan. It seemed that these differences are resulted form the difference of both governments' perception about importance of business part in disaster preparedness.
Keywords
BCP; Disaster; Preparedness; Japan;
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