Preparedness and Response of Lifeline Organizations in Community Disasters

灾难研究中心（DRC）正在进行一项研究， 生命线组织的准备和响应模式， 社区灾难 在“生命线”下，刚果民主共和国正在研究 通常称为公用事业（例如，电，煤气，水 电话公司），公共工程（例如，街道和道路， 环境卫生和垃圾、污水处理）和公共交通 组织（例如，公共汽车、地铁、铁路、出租车公司）。 他们的 在社区范围内的危机中的计划和紧急时间行动 正在现场实地检查灾难因素发出的辐射 问题研究 数据来自密集的开放式访谈，参与者 正在收集观察和文件， 生命线组织的特征（结构和功能）， 与其他灾害相关的组织间关系 社会因素或条件，导致这些 特征，以及对群体和社区的影响 备灾和灾害管理。 除了填补空白 关于灾害相关群体，研究将允许分析 生命线组织的活动如何影响规划， 其他地方应急小组的反应，并提供 补充社会科学方面的工作， 生命线系统的工程和技术方面。 特别 特别是由于生命线， 在这种灾害中，系统通常受到严重影响。

The Disaster Research Center (DRC) is undertaking a study of the preparedness and response patterns of lifeline organizations in community disasters. Under "lifeline" DRC is looking at groups usually known as public utilities (e.g., electric, gas, water, telephone companies), public works (e.g., streets and roads, sanitation and garbage, sewerage) and public transportation organizations (e.g., bus, subway, railway, taxicab companies). Their planning for and their emergency time actions in community wide crises emanating from disaster agents is being examined in on-site field studies. Data from intensive open ended interviewing, participant observing and document collecting are being gathered on the characteristics (structure and function) of lifeline organizations, their interorganizational relationships with other disaster relevant groups, the social factors or conditions which result in these features, and the consequences for both group and community preparedness and disaster management. Besides filling in a lacuna about disaster relevant groups, the research will allow an analysis of how the activities of lifeline organizations affect the planning and response of other local emergency oriented groups, and provide the complementary social science side to the work being done on the engineering and technical aspects of lifeline systems. Special attention will be given to earthquakes especially since lifeline systems are usually heavily impacted in such disasters.