This comparative study examines the relative importance and priorities of different policy areas in both natural disaster management policy and man-made disaster management policy by using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). As such, this study deal...
This comparative study examines the relative importance and priorities of different policy areas in both natural disaster management policy and man-made disaster management policy by using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). As such, this study deals with both natural and man-made disasters in Korea. Generally speaking, disaster management can be defined as the process of developing and implementing policies that are concerned with four stages of management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. In this context, the major findings and results in this paper are as follows. First, disaster mitigation or prevention is the policy area that has been perceived as the most important area for both types of disasters. Moreover, for man-made disaster management policy, response and preparedness are given priority, but for natural disaster management policy, recovery and response are given priority.