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

Qiang Zhang, Qibin Lu*, Deping Zhong, Xuanting Ye

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    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 management system, which focused on agriculture, economic development, government and professional capacity building, and disaster governance, respectively. Characteristics of policies and contributing factors of policy change in each of the four phases are discussed in depth. This article provides a quantitative foundation for understanding the dynamic policy change of the disaster management system in China with a particular emphasis on the governance capacity and may serve as a basis for exploring the potential pathways of transformation according to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)55-73
    Number of pages19
    JournalInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science
    Volume9
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2018

    Keywords

    • Bibliometric analysis
    • China
    • Disaster governance
    • Disaster management
    • Policy change
    • Policy document

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