Individual Disaster Assistance For Socially Vulnerable People: Lessons Learned From the Pohang Earthquake in the Republic of Korea

This study identifies whether the government disaster assistance was fairly distributed to socially vulnerable victims using a statistical model based on the data from the Pohang earthquake that occurred in 2017 in Korea. A conceptual model was constructed using a structural equation model (SEM) of three factors —social vulnerability, physical vulnerability, and the amount paid out in individual disaster assistance. Furthermore, interviews with and a survey of the victims were conducted to verify the problems identified by the conceptual model. This study found that socially vulnerable victims were less l ikely to take advantage of the government disaster assistance program.

Source: Risk Analysis - July 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Seunghoo Jeong, Byeong Je Kim, Young ‐Joo Lee, Ji‐Bum Chung, Sung‐Han Sim Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research