This study aims to enhance Mongolia’s living safety crisis and emergency management system by empirically analyzing citizens’ risk perceptions in Ulaanbaatar. Since 1990, rapid urbanization has intensified issues in traffic, housing, crime, and th...
This study aims to enhance Mongolia’s living safety crisis and emergency management system by empirically analyzing citizens’ risk perceptions in Ulaanbaatar. Since 1990, rapid urbanization has intensified issues in traffic, housing, crime, and the environment. Risk perception is categorized into four areas: living crises (crime, fire, traffic accidents), living environment (air, water, soil pollution), living facilities (schools, workplaces, public facilities), and living infrastructure (power, ICT, transport). Findings show that citizens view living safety as highly important, with particular concern about air pollution, traffic accidents, crime, and fire. Air pollution most strongly influenced perceptions of residential safety, while information and power systems had limited impact. Based on these results, the study proposes: (1) adopting high-efficiency energy and real-time air pollution monitoring, (2) reinforcing traffic and crime prevention education and legal systems, (3) expanding fire safety inspections and training, (4) establishing specialized safety institutions and legal frameworks, and (5) strengthening citizen-centered crisis response and community-based training systems.