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Yong Kyun Kim
Earth Sciences
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Focusing Events in the Power-Law Distribution
A focusing event that persuades the public, the government, and the media to significantly alter their currently held norms and perceptions comes along rarely; however, when they do, they move mountains. There...
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Disaster Theory
To find a conclusive definition for contemporary purposes and uses, we look at many of the various definitions of disasters through cataclysmic events, historical records, public policies, laws, and organizati...
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Disaster Resilient Future in Korea
The Republic of Korea has not only monumentally progressed socially, economically, and politically since 1948, but has taken the arduous undertaking of reforming the way it reduces disaster risk, mitigates the...
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Overview and Historical Review
This book investigates and scrutinizes the lessons learned in the Republic of Korea during a five-decade swath of disasters – from 1948 to 2015 – and results in the disaster response policy change model in the...
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Disasters from 1948 to 2015 in Korea and Power-Law Distribution
The Korean peninsula is no stranger to disaster, experiencing natural disasters such as severe downpours, floods, and typhoons and human-caused disasters such as industrial accidents, building collapses, and i...
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Disaster Response Policy Change in the Wake of Major Disasters, Labeled Focusing Events
Responding to the will of the people or the will of the government after a focusing event is complex and fraught with perils; this is none more so than after a major disaster that has brought on the sudden dea...
