scholarly journals How Governance Shapes Emergency Management: China’s Mixed Records in Responding to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Bo Wen ◽  
Shui-Yan Tang ◽  
Lei Tao
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Management System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Initial Response ◽  
Allocation Mechanism ◽  
Emergency Management System ◽  
Governing System

A nation’s governing system shapes its capacity for emergency preparedness and management. Designed to maintain the central government’s absolute authority, China’s governing system limits local governments’ initiative and capacity in responding to mass emergencies. By examining China’s fight against COVID-19, this essay dynamically demonstrates how the country’s governing regime constrains local officials’ initial response to the virus but facilitated large-scale mobilization once the crisis was recognized by the central leadership. Three essential factors for an adaptive emergency management system are identified: 1) raising the central government’s ability to recognize mass emergencies, 2) changing political incentives of local cadres, and 3) creating a flexible and efficient ad-hoc resource allocation mechanism. This study provides insights on how to enhance the resilience of a mass emergency management system within the constraints of existing governing institutions.

scholarly journals A comparative study of international and Chinese public health emergency management from the perspective of knowledge domains mapping

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Li ◽  
Yuhang Zhu ◽  
Jianing Feng ◽  
Weijing Meng ◽  
Kseniia Begma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
International Research ◽  
Management System ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Emergency Management System

Abstract Background At the end of 2019, the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely damaged and endangered people’s lives. The public health emergency management system in China has played an essential role in handling the response to the outbreak, which has been appreciated by the World Health Organization and some countries. Hence, it is necessary to conduct an overall analysis of the development of the health emergency management system in China. This can provide a reference for scholars to aid in understanding the current situation and to reveal new research topics. Methods We collected 2247 international articles from the Web of Science database and 959 Chinese articles from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database. Bibliometric and mapping knowledge domain analysis methods were used in this study for temporal distribution analysis, cooperation network analysis, and co-word network analysis. Results The first international article in this field was published in 1991, while the first Chinese article was published in 2005. The research institutions producing these studies mainly existed in universities and health organizations. Developed countries and European countries published the most articles overall, while eastern China published the most articles within China. There were 52 burst words for international articles published from 1999–2018 and 18 burst words for Chinese articles published from 2003–2018. International top-ranked articles according to the number of citations appeared in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, and 2016, while the corresponding Chinese articles appeared in 2003, 2004, 2009, and 2011. Conclusions There are differences in the regional and economic distribution of international and Chinese cooperation networks. International research is often related to timely issues mainly by focusing on emergency preparedness and monitoring of public health events, while China has focused on public health emergencies and their disposition. International research began on terrorism and bioterrorism, followed by disaster planning and emergency preparedness, epidemics, and infectious diseases. China considered severe acute respiratory syndrome as the starting research background and the legal system construction as the research starting point, which was followed by the mechanism, structure, system, and training abroad for public health emergency management.

scholarly journals Enhancing national emergency management system for nuclear emergency preparedness and response in the light of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

2018 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 01017
Author(s):  
Reno Alamsyah
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Management System ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Emergency Management System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Emergency Preparedness And Response ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
National Emergency ◽  
Nuclear Emergency

A study has been carried out to enhance Indonesian emergency management system for nuclear emergency preparedness and response. The study is very important considering that Indonesia is a nuclear embarking country. The descriptive-analytic method is used to evaluate the current regulatory infrastructure against relevant international standards and conventions. Then, the results of international peer reviews to the system performed in 2015 and 2016 are also discussed. Finally, lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident are analysed as well. The study concluded that Indonesia has its commitment to developing the national emergency preparedness and response system. Furthermore, there are some areas for improvements. Among others, Indonesia needs to harmonized its Laws and fully adapt relevant international standards and conventions. The system should be the priority to be established using an integrated all-hazard approach, which requires leadership and coordination role of the national agency for disaster management. In the light of the Fukushima accident, it was identified that the system should also reflect severe accident scenario, which requires: A wide range of documentation that is to be developed, coordinated and harmonized; a comprehensive justified well-informed decision-making system; competency building scheme; and that all of these have to continually be reviewed and improved.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of International and Chinese Public Health Emergency Management from the Perspective of Mapping Knowledge Domains

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Li ◽  
Yuhang Zhu ◽  
Jianing Feng ◽  
Weijing Meng ◽  
Kseniia Begma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Management System ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Emergency Management System ◽  
Starting Point

Abstract Background: At the end of 2019, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had severely damaging people’s life. China’s public health emergency management system had played an essential role in the handling and response of it, which had been appreciated by the World Health Organization and some countries. Hence it is necessary to make an overall analysis of the development of China’s health emergency management system. It can provide a reference for scholars to understand the current situation and look for new research points. Methods: We collected 2247 international from the Web of Science database, 959 Chinese articles from China National Knowledge Infrastructure database. Bibliometric and mapping knowledge domains analysis methods were used in this study for temporal distribution analysis, cooperation network, co-word network analysis. Results: The first international article in this field was published in 1991, while Chinese in 2005. Research institutions mainly come from universities and health institutions. Developed countries and European countries published more articles, while east of China published more. There are 52 burst words for international articles from 1999–2018, while 18 burst words for Chinese articles from 2003–2018. International top-ranked articles by citation appeared in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, while Chinese appeared in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011.Conclusions: There are differences in the regional or economic distribution of international and Chinese cooperation networks. International research often relates to hot issues, mainly focus on the emergency preparedness and monitoring for public health events, while China’s focus on the public health emergency and their disposal. International begins the research with terrorism and bioterrorism, followed by disaster planning and emergency preparedness, epidemics and infectious diseases. China takes severe acute respiratory syndrome as the research background and legal system construction as the research starting point, followed by mechanism, structure, system, and learning from abroad of public health emergency management.

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