2019, Vol.15, No.9

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

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

With the frequent occurrence of large-scale disasters, the importance of collaborative governance through mutual cooperation among government, private sector, and civil society in disaster management has been gradually increased. In South Korea, disaster management tasks mostly belong to the public sector, without sufficient collaboration with private sector and civil society. Therefore, it is critical to enhance disaster management capacity by raising disaster knowledge of participants. This study intends to draw implications by comparing disaster education systems in Korea with other developed countries such as the U.S. and Japan. The results of the study are as follows. First, related laws should be reorganized to ensure legal stability and justifiability. Second, it is necessary to check and improve the disaster management infrastructure including community-level action. Third, based on the improvement of disaster awareness, disaster education system should be strengthened within a cooperative governance framework. As a result, disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery activities would become effective through the establishment of an education system that strengthens communication, improves knowledge and clarify the roles of all stakeholders.

This study aimed to investigate the trend of research on suicide among adults in Korea and future directions for research on this topic. Using Research Information Sharing Service (RISS), Korea Citation Index (KCI), Korean studies Information Service System (KISS), and National Assembly Library, 79 studies related to suicide among adults were identified. Years published ranged from 2004 to 2018. Following is the results of the study. Following is the results of the study. Research on suicide among adults started from 2004 and the number of publications was the largest in 2016, but since then it has gradually decreased. The most frequent research question in those studies was about the variables related to suicide among adults. The most frequent academic field in which studies were published was psychological counseling. The research subjects were mostly general public samples rather than individuals at risk or individuals whose occupations are reported to have higher suicide rates. In addition, only 20 of the 79 studies belonging to the typology of the course of suicide. The most frequent methodology utilized was quantitative research design with structured surveys. Based on the results of this study, implications for future research were suggested.

In this study, we analyzed the potential determinants of urban heat waves in Korea and their dynamic relationship using a system dynamics analysis approach. We developed an integrated causal loop diagram and identified the direct and indirect factors influencing urban heat waves. The followings are the main findings of this study. First, the rise of temperature in Korea is not simply due to the increase of impervious areas affected by urbanization but should be seriously recognized as a critical issue of heat waves which may lead to the annihilation of the areas. Second, for more accurate prediction of the temperature increase and development of effective policy responses, we need a new approach that focuses on a non-linear and dynamic relationship between urban heat wave process and urban safety. Third, it is critical to explore policy measures for maintaining socioeconomic conditions and improving the level of urban safety based on the multi-dimensional examination of causal relationships across various determinants for urban heat waves in South Korea.