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Assessment of Social Services’ Disaster Risk Management: Case Finland

Merja Rapeli

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Service (business)021110 strategic defence & security studiesCivil societyEmergency managementSocial workbusiness.industry05 social sciencesEnvironmental resource management0211 other engineering and technologiesSocial Welfare02 engineering and technologyManagement Monitoring Policy and LawPublic relationsPrivate sector0506 political scienceManagement Information SystemsPreparedness050602 political science & public administrationbusinessRisk management

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Local actors are crucial in disaster risk management; thus, their capacities should be assessed periodically. In this study, local social services’ preparedness plans were assessed using Emergency Management Program Measurement and quantitative document analysis. The specific aim was to study how social service areas of various sizes were prepared for disasters in Finland. The results showed that disaster risk management capacity varied significantly between large and small service areas. Larger areas were better prepared for supporting management, and had better procedures to activate their response, modern public information and deeper cooperation with the private sector and the civil society. The differences might derive from the fact that large areas have more resources allocated to disaster risk management.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-01-27Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12160