Author(s)

Lu Sinuo, Li Xinran

Corresponding Author

Lu Sinuo

ABSTRACT

Comprehensive urban disaster prevention planning is an integral part of China's local planning system. With the continuous upgrading of China's urbanization level, the population and wealth in the cities are becoming more and more concentrated, and the economic risks and social impacts of sudden disasters such as rainstorms and typhoons on cities have become more severe than ever. However, some cities suffer from a one-dimensional emergency management system, while the local variations are great with the management theory lagging behind. This undoubtedly urges the innovation of urban emergency management approach theory in China. Based on the life cycle theory of social crisis, this article analyzes the problems of urban emergency management in China and their corresponding improvement countermeasures from four time periods: gestation period, outbreak period, diffusion period and recovery period, so as to explore the approach innovation of urban emergency management in China, taking Zhengzhou 720 mega rainstorm disaster as an example.

KEYWORDS

Emergency management, Zhengzhou rainstorm, Urban governance, A pathway study