Critical Problems in Improving Emergency Plans in China: a Perspective of Seven Relationships

doi:10.13766/j.bhsk.1008-2204.2014.0111

Abstract

Abstract:

Emergency plan is an important constituent of emergency preparedness. But in emergency management practice, China's emergency plans are often criticized for lack of pertinence, practicability and maneuverability and they have to be improved in effectiveness. The key point to solve the problems is to correctly handle seven relationships between plan and planning, target and capability, prediction and fact, simplicity and complexity, division and coordination, details and agility, centralization and de-centralization.

Key words: non-routine emergencies, emergency plan, emergency preparedness, emergency planning, effectiveness

CLC Number:

Wang Hongwei. Critical Problems in Improving Emergency Plans in China: a Perspective of Seven Relationships[J]. JOURNAL OF BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND A, 2015, 28(2): 11-16,48.

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