China City Safety Warning: Experts' Advice on Comprehensive Disaster Reduction in Chinese Cities

Author: Jin Lei
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This is a popular book that enables over 400 million urban residents in China to fully understand the "disaster-related issues" of their homeland. The tragic fire in Hengyang, Hunan, the gas explosion accident in Kaixian, Chongqing, the stampede in Miyun, Beijing, the fire disaster in Jingmin Building, Beijing, traffic paralysis due to heavy rain in Beijing, and the "Yuna" typhoon disaster. We not only question what we have lost and what mistakes we have made in past disasters, but also ask whether we can pay less and make fewer mistakes? Only by ensuring the safety of the entire society can we guarantee the dignity of individual lives.
Mr. Jin Lei, a renowned expert in urban disaster reduction research in China and an advisor to the Chinese Expert Advisory Group on Disaster Reduction, interprets the current situation of urban disaster prevention in China. In evaluating accident and disaster cases, he allows over 400 million urban residents across the country to experience the development of public safety and urban disaster prevention, enabling more people to learn about emergency avoidance and safe evacuation. The significance of this book lies in warning government managers at all levels that urban disaster prevention should not only focus on "prevention and avoidance," but should also fully enhance the disaster prevention awareness of urban residents. It is particularly important to combine the sense of vigilance that "crisis is the norm" with the acceleration of addressing urban weak links, thereby fundamentally promoting the establishment of a rapid, organized, and efficient disaster prevention and emergency response mechanism for Chinese cities. This will enable future cities to calmly face various hidden and obvious disasters like storms and typhoons.