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Damages to school infrastructure and development to disaster prevention education strategy after Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan

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Purpose – As a result of awareness of the increasing school accidents in recent years and severe
damage to school infrastructure by Typhoon Morakot, this paper seeks to discuss the current natural
disaster prevention education strategy in Taiwan and investigates the seriously damaged schools from
Typhoon Morakot.
Design/methodology/approach – Methods of analysis used in this paper include aerial photo
interpretation of landslides and debris flows with the aid of field investigation and spatial rainfall
distribution by GIS analysis. Additionally, the reasons attributed to the schools’ damages and disaster
prevention education strategies in schools after Morakot are discussed.
Findings – After an overall review of the current disaster prevention education programs, the
following items are to be stressed in disaster prevention education as a result of studying the effects
of Typhoon Morakot: integration of disaster prevention education into formal school curricula; teacher
training for campus disaster prevention education; development of a coalition of campus and
community-based disaster management; and study of the impact of climate change and school
vulnerability. School infrastructure safety evaluation and risk assessment, education materials and
design activities for psychological recovery after disasters, and the connection of school safety
management and community-based disaster prevention are deemed urgent after Typhoon Morakot in
Taiwan.
Originality/value – The current achievements of disaster prevention education in Taiwan include
the development of operation and support mechanisms, curricula development and experimental
schools selection, development of teacher training program, the popularization of disaster prevention
education, the development and use of learning materials, and the determination of an effective
assessment mechanism. It is expected that disaster prevention education will become part of the
formal school curricula. School safety and vulnerability assessments as a result of climate change and
student psychological recovery following disasters are urgent lessons to be implemented after learning
from the results of Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan.

Keywords Natural disasters, Disaster prevention education, Education and school safety,Risk identification and assessment, Risk management, Education, Schools, Taiwan

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Judul Seri

Disaster Prevention and Management

No. Panggil

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: Emerald Group., 2012

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Disaster Prevention and Management Vol. 21 No. 5, 2012 pp. 541-555

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