2016, Vol.12, No.5

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

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

The disaster management assessment indicator system plays a critical role in increasing efficiency of disaster management. The main goal of this study is to look at the weaknesses of disaster management indicators that local governments in South Korea have been utilizing and propose the adoption of “Quality of Life” as an additional indicator item to improve the disaster management indicator system in Korea. To accomplish this goal, we carefully assessed the contents of the UN ISDR’s disaster management indicators and discussed which of their indicators would be proper to measure the “Quality of Life”.

Local governments in Korea bear the primary responsibility for disaster response. This study aims to explore an efficient way to operate disaster management organizations of Korea’s regional local governments. The findings are as follows. First, the unification of operating system should be needed by securing a regional-level integrated disaster control tower. Second, any confusion between a permanent organization and an emergency organization should be prevented. Third, institutional egoism related to disaster management should be overcome. More efforts should be made to construct a comprehensive cooperative network to incorporate region-specific characteristics and contents, collect all disaster-related information within each administrative area, establish a realistic plan through an analysis of appropriate conditions and prospects, and prepare the foundation to reinforce disaster management capability.

The purpose of this study was to examine the trend of crime committed by foreigners in Gyeongbuk · Gumi area, along with the change in its control. The official data provided by the Statistical Office and the National Police Agency were analyzed to assess the situation of foreigner crime in order to suggest its countermeasures. The newspapers in the major regional media were used to analyze the articles on foreigner crime in the area, focusing on how the criminal cases were handled during the specific period. This analysis confirmed the problems that the police in the area lacks capacity to control a growing number of foreigner crimes which have also become much more brutal. The policy suggestions are as follows. First, there is a need of deploying a group of personnel solely committed to handle foreigner crime, considering the substantial foreigner population in the area. Second, it is necessary to build a community-based safety network. Third, the communities with a large cluster of foreigners need to be managed in consideration of their unique characteristics. Fourth, an exclusive channel for foreigners should be established in each community.