A Case Study on the Heatwave Policy for Vulnerable Population due to Climate Change - Focused on the Elderly in Daegu City

Autor:	Young Geun Jang, Si Kyung Lee
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Extreme weather Geography Emergency management business.industry Intensive care Management system Threatened species Openness to experience Vulnerable population Climate change General Medicine business Socioeconomics
Zdroj:	Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis. 15:43-60
ISSN:	2466-1201 2466-1198
Popis:	The recent climate change has caused a variety of extreme weather events and threatened vulnerable populations in our society. This study focused on the heatwave policy for vulnerable population centered on the elderly living in Daegu city (65 years and older) to identify the practical problems and find improvement measures. The heatwave policy for vulnerable population mainly include the designation and operation of cooling centers, operation of disaster relief helpers, and intensive care of vulnerable populations. The results are as follows. First, cooling centers should be designated in consideration of high accessibility and openness, along with a clear statement of opening hours during nighttime and weekends. Second, the management system should be improved in order to solve the work overload of disaster relief helpers and promote the collaboration among them for a synergy effect Third, a preliminary demand survey would be needed for intensive care of vulnerable populations, and the budget should be efficiently used by ruling out unqualified beneficiaries.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::be2a679504aaadf0079a8c45217ca371 https://doi.org/10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.43 Zobrazit plný text záznamu