Analyzing the Relative Importance for Efficient Operation of the Disaster Management Organization in Local Government

This study conducted analysis of the relative importance between factors for efficient operation in disaster management of local government to derive what factors are to be ranged for efficient operation in disaster management of local government. Academic professionals of disaster management were found to think that lack of connectivity between disaster related laws should be overcome and that clear role classification between center and local governments should be established. Field professionals of disaster management were found to perceive that center government should expand budgetary support in disaster management and that local government chief officers should magnify interest in disasters and enlarge disaster budget. In this manner, it was found that there were some similarities in what academic professionals and field professionals regarded important. However, as for what they believed most important to take precedence, there was a little difference in that academic professionals found legal and institutional factors most important while field professionals found disaster budget factors important.