Improvement on Disaster Prevention and Rescue Scheme of Taiwan Central Government －After the Typhoon Morakot Disaster

• Main Authors: Wen-Ling Huang, 黃文玲
• Other Authors: Kuan-Yuan Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vw97jr

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 土木與防災研究所 === 98 === During August 6-10, 2009, Typhoon Morakot lashed and devastated parts of southern and eastern Taiwan, actively planned the 50th anniversary of “87 Flood” and the 10th anniversary of “921 Earthquake”, reminding the islanders of tragical memories of natural catastrophes. Severe casualties of Typhoon Morakot are the worst ever since the Chi-Chi earthquake, struck Taiwan in Sep. 21, 1999, and exposed disaster prevention and protection system of Taiwan to harshest task after the passage of “Disaster and Relief Act”. Moreover this disaster not only causes untaken severe loss but reveals the bungle of commandment and dispatch, the failure of disaster governess and data transmission between governmental sections, stirring criticisms all walks of life which highlights the defects of disaster prevention and protection system of central government. Because of the operation of disaster prevention and protection involves with lots of relevant governmental sections, it must to have a united disaster or crisis organization and a mature prevention and protection system to exchange information between different governmental sections and perform rescue task helping deal with the uncertainty factors of disaster. This paper probes into the operation and defects of disaster prevention and protection system during Typhoon Morakot hoping to provide logical and intergraded references for future structural amendment.