Learning From Each Other in the Management of Natural Disaster and Covid-19 Pandemic
A Case Study in Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22090447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hsiao‐Wen Wang (0000-0002-3506-1351, National Cheng Kung University), Hsiao-Wen Wang, Guan-Wei Chen (0000-0001-7617-9324), Guan‐Wei Chen (0000-0002-6576-6299, National Cheng Kung University), Wei-Lin Lee (0000-0003-2353-5596, National Cheng Kung University), Shuei-Huei You, Shuei‐Huei You (National Cheng Kung University), Chia-Wen Li (0000-0002-4834-5935, National Cheng Kung University Hospital), Jiun-Huei Jang (0000-0001-6471-254X, National Cheng Kung University, corresponding author), Chjeng-Lun Shieh, Chjeng‐Lun Shieh (National Cheng Kung University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Pages | 777255-777255 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.777255 |
| PMID | 34957028 |
| OpenAlex | W4200290302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan has been one of the best performers in the world with extremely low infections and deaths. This success can be attributed to the long experiences dealing with natural disasters and communicable diseases. However, with different disastrous characteristics, the disaster management systems for communicable diseases and natural disasters are very different in terms of laws, plans, frameworks, and emergency operations. Taking the response to COVID-19 pandemic as a study subject, we found that disaster management for communicable diseases can be improved through a comparison with natural disasters, and vice versa. First, having wider and longer impacts than natural disasters, the plans and framework for communicable diseases in Taiwan focus more on national and regional scales. Local governments would need more capacity support including budgets and training to conduct investigations and quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, for quick response, the emergency operation for communicable diseases was designed to be more flexible than that for natural disasters by giving the commander more authority to adjust to the circumstances. The commanding system requires a more objective consultation group to prevent arbitrary decisions against the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, risk governance is important for communicable diseases as well as for natural disasters. Additional efforts should be made to enhance vulnerability assessment, disaster reduction, and risk communication for shaping responses and policies in an efficient and coordinating way
Business · Communicable disease · Computer security · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Geography · Natural disaster · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |