2015, Vol.11, No.7

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

pISSN : 2466-1198 / eISSN : 2466-1201
https://journal.kci.go.kr/cemtp

It is required to strengthen the cooperative disaster management system in order to reduce the damages of modern disasters which are diversified, and complex. So, it is critical for successful disaster management not only disaster related ministries, local governments and agencies but also private sectors cooperate and support each other. In this regard, It is stated on the 「Framework act on the management of disaster and safety」 for planning and complementing the 13 functional disaster response activity plans for establishing and facilitating the cooperative disaster management. But these plans did not develop yet so it is needed to develop detailed plans. The article draws on exploratory research to suggest the cooperative disaster management system by means of 13 functional disaster response activity plans.

According to the inspection results in 2013, domestic facilities handling hazardous chemicals are very vulnerable to chemical accidents. Moreover, the management of facilities and safety equipment is considerably weak. The 30 percent of chemical accidents occurring after 2003 resulted from the poor safety management of facilities and would have been preventable if appropriate safety measures had been taken. Therefore, the Chemicals Controls Act has significantly reinforced the safety management including facilities, compared to the previous standard, the Toxic Chemicals Control Act. The facilities under the Chemicals Control Act are classified as manufacture․usage, storage, vehicle, pipe that present detailed and concrete safety standards. Storage facilities are also categorized as indoor, outdoor, underground facilities that are special for prevention respectively. These improved safety standards of facilities are expected to be used at the workplace for the definite prevention guideline of chemical accidents. That being said, additional studies have to be conducted in the future both to avoid merely redundant regulations of other laws and to obtain differentiated safety standards differently applicable to toxic chemicals and dangerous chemicals such as fire or explosion.

This research suggested that the establishment of Korean National Comprehensive Plans for the Reduction of Damage from Storm and Flood can help the current status and enhance the role of natural hazard planning in South Korea. Recently, it is important to make a plan include not only structural strategies but also non-structural strategies to conserve the environment and make resilient community. Nevertheless, in South Korea, natural hazard planning has not paid attention to national plan for flood and storm, regional approach and land use planning method. Negotiations with experts and civic servants worked towards setting an agenda and we developed alternatives that reflected the agenda. The National Plan should improve its status, cooperate with related plans, and enhance connectivity with spatial plans. Therefore, the plan supports the establishment of the national vision-goal-strategy, the complementary procedure between top-down and bottom-up methods, and the regional mitigation strategies that consider urban planning.