• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2023

This study compared news coverage of national and international disasters, Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake, using textual analysis of The New York Times and The Washington Post. The results reveal that media framing of the historical cases developed in three stages upon the development of post-disaster relief: (1) Call for humanitarian assistance; (2) New Orleans under anarchy and hopelessness vs. Haiti under scrutiny with hope; and (3) Katrina effects. By framing the outcomes of the hurricane as the "Katrina effect," the media used the disaster as a reference point to explain other economic and political issues. In addition, analysis of relevant statements and press releases confirmed that different social actors involved in the relief process, such as donors, facilitators, and beneficiaries, contributed to the media framing of the issue, although the facilitators were most successful in transferring their own frames to media frames. This study makes important contributions to the field as it looks beyond traditional relationships between quantitative measures of media attention and aid allocation. For governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the area of humanitarian assistance, the findings of this study will assist them in media-relations in the future.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.398-407
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• 2014

Shortages and delays in a humanitarian logistics system can contribute to the pain and suffering of survivors or other affected people. Humanitarian logistics budgets should be sufficient to prevent such shortages or delays. Unlike commercial supply chain systems, the budgets for relief supply chain systems should be able to satisfy demand. This study describes a comprehensive model in an effort to satisfy the total relief demand by minimizing logistics operations costs. We herein propose a strategic model which determines the locations of distribution centers and the total inventory to be stocked for each distribution center where a flood or other catastrophe may occur. The proposed model is formulated and solved as a mixed-integer programming problem that integrates facility location and inventory decisions by considering capacity constraints and time restrictions in order to minimize the total cost of relief operations. The proposed model is then applied to a real flood case involving 47 disaster areas and 13 distribution centers in Thailand. Finally, we discuss the sensitivity analysis of the model and the managerial implications of this research.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2011

일반적으로 재난 상황에서는 신속하고 쉽게 전개될 수 있는 확실한 재난관리통신이 요구되지만, 다층구조 건물 또는 넓게 펼쳐진 창고 시설은 신뢰할 만한 통신환경을 어렵게 한다. 이러한 재난 환경에서 휴대형 무선 메쉬 네트워크 기술은 소출력으로도 넓은 서비스 커버리지 확보가 가능하며, 유연성 있는 장비의 설치 및 재배치를 통한 네트워크 노드 당 경제성이 높은 기술이다. 본 연구에서는 네트워크 프로세스를 사용하여 재난 통신망 구축에 활용 될 수 있는 휴대형 무선 메쉬 네트워크 게이트웨이를 개발하고 기본적인 연결 기능과 더불어 스루풋과 지연, 패킷 손실 등의 성능을 시험하였다. 시험 결과는 재난 구조 통신망과 같은 다양한 환경에서 사용할 수 있는 기본적인 성능을 갖고 있음을 보여주었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.295-309
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• 2019

Eight years have passed since the Korean government's medical agency officially reported that the fatal lung disease found in some hospitals in 2011 was caused by chemical disinfectants used in household humidifiers, marking the introduction of the humidifier disinfectant disaster. Over the past eight years, a medical-scientific approach has been taken by the Korean government in its efforts to solve the problems in terms of relief of and compensation for the potential victims. One of the unintended consequence of this approach has been the fact that the number of "official victims" recognized by the government is quite small compared to the total number of applicants who claim to be suffering from the humidifier disinfectant disaster. This is mainly due to the fact that the medical-scientific approach relies on excessively strict, rigid, and narrow medical-scientific criteria provided by medical experts for judging the degree of applicants' bodily damage from the use of humidifier disinfectants. As a result, this medical-scientific approach is becoming increasingly criticized by patients' organizations mainly composed of rejected applicants. Based on the analysis of the limits of this medical-scientific approach and after clarifying the social implications of the disaster from a sociological perspective, this paper proposes certain social approaches focused on participatory governance as a means of dealing with the current issue. Finally, the paper emphasizes that the act of taking social responses to the humidifier disinfectant disaster should also be considered a process of enlarging and deepening democracy in Korea.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.106-114
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• 2020

The two major trends that have emerged in recent years in relation to disaster recovery and recovery are 'regional infrastructure', 'regional leadership' and 'community recovery'. In the former case, it is to avoid disaster recovery and recovery by using external personnel and resources, and to maximize the resources in the area under the initiative of the residents of the affected area. And through this process, it is to prepare a new growth engine for disaster-affected areas. In addition, the latter expands disaster recovery targets to the general population living in affected areas and is not limited to victims. Through this, we can expect to recover the 'community' beyond the individual's recovery. In the Ansan of Gyeonggi-do, where many families of 'Sewolho' live, and in the Heunghae-eup of Pohang, Gyeongbuk-do, where the damage was severe, projects are underway to restore communities. And In these areas local activists and civic groups are actively utilized to efforts are being made to increase efficiency. Nevertheless, in the case of the community recovery program being promoted in Korea, there are limitations that it can be promoted only on the basis of special laws and that participation of various actors is necessary. This study intends to propose the limitations of current projects and ways to solve them by analyzing domestic and foreign cases related to the community recovery program for disaster-affected communities using local resources. we suggest two way. One is the relaxation of the national dependence of the community recovery program, and the other is to expand the area of disaster relief through.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1266-1272
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 WiBro 및 LTE방식을 이용한 재난안전무선통신망 설계에 필요한 링크 버짓을 계산하여 전국망 구축에 필요한 셀 수량을 파악하며, 그 결과에 대한 상호 비교를 통하여 경제적 관점에서의 효율적인 통신방식을 제시한다. 계산 결과, 전국망을 구축하는 데 있어서 WiBro방식은 LTE방식에 비해 상향링크에 대한 PAPR과 전송 방식차이 및 SINR차로 인해 동일 주파수 대역에서 두 배 이상 많은 셀이 필요한 것으로 나타난다. 이러한 결과를 근거로, 전국망 구축시 동일 대역을 이용할 경우 WiBro에 비해 LTE방식이 경제적인 면과 기술 및 시장 측면에서도 효율적이라고 판단된다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.89-106
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• 2016

With an aim to assess the wind damage to urban trees in more realistic conditions, the nonlinear dynamics of structured trees subjected to strong winds with different levels is investigated in the present paper. For the logical treatment of dynamical behavior of trees, material nonlinearities of green wood associated with tree biomechanics and geometric nonlinearity of tree configuration are included. Applying simulated fluctuating wind velocity to the numerical model, the dynamical behavior of the structured tree is explored. A comparative study against the linear dynamics analysis usually involved in the previous researches is carried out. The failure wind velocity of urban trees is then defined, whereby the failure percentages of the tree components are exposed. Numerical investigations reveal that the nonlinear dynamics analysis of urban trees results in a more accurate solution of wind-induced response than the classical linear dynamics analysis, where the nonlinear effect of the tree behavior gives rise to be strengthened as increasing of the levels of wind velocity, i.e., the amplitude of 10-min mean wind velocity. The study of relationship between the failure percentage and the failure wind velocity provides a new perspective towards the vulnerability assessment of urban trees likely to fail due to wind actions, which is potential to link with the practical engineering.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.119-142
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• 2011

본 연구는 풍수해보험사업이 도입 취지와는 달리 여러 문제점을 내포하고 있다는 문제의식하에 풍수해보험에 대한 개념적이고 이론적인 분석을 시도하였다. 우선 현재와 같이 재난지원금과 풍수해보험이 공존하는 상황은 풍수해보험 활성화에 장애로 작용할 것이므로, 풍수해보험을 확대하기 위해서는 재난지원금의 점차적 축소를 고려할 필요가 있다. 또한 풍수해보험의 기본취지 중 하나가 자율적 방재노력을 제고하는 것이나, 풍수해보험은 보험에 따른 도덕적 해이로 인해 오히려 그러한 노력을 저해할 가능성이 높다. 끝으로 현재의 손해방지비용 지원은 그 효과가 불확실하므로 보다 심도 있는 분석이 필요하다.

• 한국빅데이터학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2024

전세계적으로 재난은 발생 규모와 피해액이 증가하고 있으며, 재난 대응을 위한 물류 활동의 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 재난 대응을 위한 물류 네트워크는 재난으로부터 상대적으로 안전한 지역에 물류 거점을 설치하고 재난 발생 지역으로 구호물자 및 긴급 의약품을 안정적으로 공급할 필요가 있다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 재난 대응을 위한 구호물자 배송 네트워크 설계를 위해 재난 취약성을 최소화시키는 드론 배송 거점 입지 선정에 대해 연구를 진행하였다. 드론을 통한 구호품 수송을 위해 드론의 최대 배송 가능 거리를 고려하고, 자연재해 취약도 지수를 활용하여 재난 취약도를 최소화 시키는 드론 배송 거점 입지를 선정하는 최적화 모델을 도출하였다. 분석 결과 재난 취약도를 최소화하기 위한 배송 거점 투자는 재난대응을 위한 거점이 증가하지만, 이를 통해 재난 취약도를 완화하여 상대적으로 안전하고 효과적으로 드론 배송을 활용한 재난 대응 물류 체계 운영이 가능할 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.199-222
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• 2017

Currently, many punitive damages (or statutory damages) and class action laws are discussed in relation to the consumer damage relief system. It is in the background of the argument that the introduction of such a victim relief system will solve many small and large consumer damages. There are many cases in which the punitive damages compensation or the class action system are introduced in relation to the food safety damage naturally. Although the introduction of such a system can clearly help the consumer to relieve large-scale damage, it can not solve all the problems at once because the company can reject the system despite the introduction of such a system. In particular, class action lawsuits should have the same type of damage, but most of the damage caused by food safety is accompanied by physical harm, resulting in various complications such as the physical characteristics of the victim, the health environment. The class action system may not provide a solution in that the content and type of the damage may be different. In this regard, this study aims to investigate the introduction of the food safety damage relief system through the introduction of an administrative dispute settlement system by an administrative agency that occupies an absolute position in the existing consumer protection from this point of view. In reality, the Food and Drug Administration, which is the largest among government agencies related to food, operates a passive attitude consumer protection system such as function like guidance, supervision and surveillance. And it is necessary to make a complementary proposal. In the current law, there is only a small part of the consumer protection work that is positively legal, and even after the damage is scientifically identified, it is not possible to present the solution to the damage suffered by the consumer through legislation. This is a fact that has been raised. In this paper, we propose a reasonable and rapid disaster relief procedure through a separate mechanism within the administrative agency, which is the administration agency, that the dispute settlement procedure due to food safety damage is insufficient by solving the case through the court through counseling, dispute adjustment and civil proceedings. In order to solve the problem of food insecurity and the food industry, various ways of rational solution of the problem were considered. The possibility of (1) Establishment of a food safety dispute resolution committee; (2) Establishment of a food safety disaster relief committee; and (3) Establishment of a food safety disaster relief committee was discussed. In addition, a plan for the creation of a food damage compensation fund was also proposed.