The Policy Networks Approach to Disaster Relief:Analyzing the Interaction of Implementation Process in Damaged Districts by Typhoons

The Policy Networks Approach to Disaster Relief:Analyzing the Interaction of Implementation Process in Damaged Districts by Typhoons

The purpose of this study is to analyze the causes of the network system of the public and private sectors that cannot be cooperated with the implementation process of disaster relief. For this objective, this study selects the concepts of policy actors, their relationships, and their interactions which are useful in analyzing policy networks. It focuses on the interaction among concerned actors of the disaster relief policy. In the second chapter, available literature covering these and various data are surveyed and compiled to establish an analysis framework reviewing theoretical policy networks of disaster relief. This study suggests how to improve the policy networks of disaster relief focusing on the interaction among policy actors. For a more effective implementation to disaster relief, however, it is necessary to strengthen the public-private partnership rather than a central management system. Therefore, future research on disaster relief needs to focus on network management for leading cooperation between public and private sectors.