The Pattern of Policy Change on Disaster Management in China: A Bibliometric Analysis of Policy Documents, 1949–2016

Abstract This article presents a comprehensive review of China’s policy system for the management of natural hazard-induced disasters from 1949 to 2016 through a quantitative bibliometric analysis of 5472 policy documents on such disasters. It identifies four phases of China’s evolving disaster mana...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qiang Zhang, Qibin Lu, Deping Zhong, Xuanting Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-018-0164-y