Review Paper:
Hazmat emergency
management: Case of Korea
Ha Kyoo-Man
Disaster Advances; Vol. 16(12); 73-81;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/1612da073081; (2023)
Abstract
The threat of hazmat has always been situated around Korea, considering that each
stakeholder has carried out isolated activity in the field. This study aimed at
studying how Korea must enhance its absence of a national framework for the ultimate
goal of emergency management. A major methodology was qualitative content analysis
by studying the topic of either without a national framework or with a national
framework via Governments, industries, NGOs and local residents.
The key theme was that Korea would need to fundamentally set up a national framework
for hazmat emergency management while timely implementing the issues of all hazards,
equity, best practices, competency, education and training. The major contribution
of this study was that it studied the topic of Korean hazmat emergency management
more comprehensively than previous studies.
