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This study aims to analyze the current situation of emergency shelter operations and optimize countermeasures in China. In recent years, China has developed the construction and management of emergency shelters. However, there are still deficiencies such as incomplete construction standards, a single source of insufficient funding, etc. The United States and Japan started their research in emergency management earlier, and have accumulated rich experience in emergency shelters. This study has reviewed the current situation of the operation mode of emergency shelters in China, then put forward suggestions for strengthening construction standards, attracting financial support from various parties, and clarifying the operation and management organization to enhance multi-organization coordination, to improve the efficiency of China's emergency shelters and accelerate the construction of China's modernized emergency management system and capacity.

This descriptive survey aimed to identify the relationship between depression, maternal-fetal attachment, spousal support, and health-promoting behaviors in pregnant women to obtain foundational data to develop health-promotion education programs. Data were collected from June 18-July 30, 2019. Participants were 214 pregnant women (≥ 20 weeks of gestation) with a spouse who visited two women’s hospitals in D city. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, analysis of variance, Scheffé’s test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Regression analyses revealed that maternal-fetal attachment, perceived health status, education level, prenatal depression, presence of pregnancy complications, and spousal support significantly impacted health-promoting behaviors and explained 52.6% of the variance. It is necessary to develop prenatal education programs to promote maternal-fetal attachment that consider women’s education level and health status. Early intervention for addressing prenatal depression and promoting spousal support are also important.

The objective of this study is to examine the factors that contribute to the phenomenon of disaster inequality, with a particular focus on public perception. The analysis demonstrates that the key factors influencing disaster inequality include political orientation, disaster experience, capacity of metropolitan governments to recover from disasters, the effectiveness of government-citizen communication, social disaster vulnerability, resilience of communities, social conflict, distribution of resources in an unfair manner. Furthermore, the interplay between the disaster management capacity of basic local governments and the unequal distribution of resources during the recovery phase, and between the disaster management capacity of metropolitan governments and the unequal distribution of resources during the prevention phase, was identified as a key factor influencing disaster inequality. The study proposes policy directions as follows: strengthening of protection for vulnerable groups, enhancement of communication and cooperation between actors, expansion of citizen participation in the formation of disaster management policy, resource distribution process.

This article diagnoses the current unsustainability of research labor in the humanities in Korea as a 'crisis' and proposes the establishment of a researcher safety net and community as an alternative. To do so, it first examines why research labor in the humanities is in crisis and what alternative community and institutional changes are needed to resolve this crisis. In doing so, it explores the possibilities for rebuilding humanities academic communities, institutional change, and improving their material foundations. What's important is that we have to have a sense of crisis, that the academic community is no longer sustainable, and that we have to try to change it ourselves. To do this, we need to create a political community. It is through this political community that we can build researcher safety nets and drive institutional change, such as a national PhD system. It is necessary to explore the possibility of establishing the sustainability of humanities research in Korean society. This is essential to make education more public.

This study aims to analyze the impact of disaster experience on disaster safety awareness among residents of Samcheok City. The research investigates how different types of disaster experiences and sociodemographic factors influence disaster safety awareness. Survey has been conducted targeting residences, those who lives in Samcheok City from 2017 to 2022, and SPSS 26.0 is used to conduct Cross-tabulation analysis, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. The findings indicate that disaster safety awareness is significantly influenced by age, education level, and disaster experience. Specifically, the study found that older residents, individuals with lower education levels, and those with direct disaster experience exhibited higher disaster safety awareness. Additionally, direct experience shows tendency of enhancing disaster preparedness more than indirect experience. Based on these findings, the study proposes policy recommendations such as the introduction of age-specific education programs and disaster experience-sharing programs, and also emphasizes the need for further research to strengthen disaster preparedness capabilities of community.

Strong storms are the most common natural hazards in Mongolia and their frequencies, intensities, scope, damage, and negative consequences are likely to increase further due to the effects of climate change. The paper aims to analyze in detail the features of the strong wind and storm event that occurred on 13-15 March 2021 and to identify issues that are critical to the prevention and reduction of potential damage caused by further severe events. The Pearson's correlation analysis is used for determining features of the disastrous characteristics and damage effects of the strong wind and storm event, resulting from the following findings. Firstly, we have observed, that the loss of livestock is much higher with longer-duration strong winds and storms. Secondly, high wind speeds and longer-duration events are associated with noticeably negative impacts on herders and their livestock. Lastly, property damage demonstrates much escalation with instantaneous high wind speeds. It presents practical results in the smallest damage effects through receiving weather forecasts carefully for herders, forecasting wind speeds, and gaining awareness regarding the importance of getting ready for hazards.