Governance, technology and citizen behavior in pandemic: Lessons from COVID-19 in East Asia

Corona Virus (CODID-19) was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019, then spread in different parts of China, and gradually became a global pandemic in March 2020. While the death toll is still increasing, the epicenter of casualty has shifted from Asia to Europe, and that of the affected people ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Progress in disaster science Jg. 6; S. 100090
Hauptverfasser: Shaw, Rajib, Kim, Yong-kyun, Hua, Jinling
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2020
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Schlagworte:
Citizen behavior
COVID-19 pandemic
East Asia
Emerging technology
Governance response
Governance response
COVID-19 pandemic
East Asia
Emerging technology
Citizen behavior
ISSN:2590-0617, 2590-0617
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Zusammenfassung:Corona Virus (CODID-19) was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019, then spread in different parts of China, and gradually became a global pandemic in March 2020. While the death toll is still increasing, the epicenter of casualty has shifted from Asia to Europe, and that of the affected people has shifted to USA. This paper analyzes the responses in East Asian countries, in China, Japan and South Korea, and provides some commonalities and lessons. While countries have different governance mechanism, it was found that a few governance decisions in respective countries made a difference, along with strong community solidarity and community behavior. Extensive use of emerging technologies is made along with medical/health care treatment to make the response more effective and reduce the risk of the spread of the disease. Although the pandemic was a global one, its responses were local, depending on the local governance, socio-economic and cultural context.
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ISSN:2590-0617
2590-0617
DOI:10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100090