ABSTRACT
This chapter evaluates the post-disaster recovery strategies. It investigates the development of disaster management systems in Taiwan and provides an extensive understanding of post-disaster reconstruction arrangements in Taiwan by using the case of post-Morakot reconstruction programmes. The chapter also provides recommendations to policies and theories which might benefit similar countries or areas. The first disaster management system in Taiwan was very heavily influenced by Japan during its colonial period. The Japanese government introduced the first government-led emergency procedures between 1894 and 1945. The Japanese army and the police were used to lead Taiwanese civil groups when operating the emergency services. After the Chinese Nationalist Party, or so-called Kuomintang (KMT), moved from mainland China after the 1940s, the existing emergency service system was adopted, but it played more of a reactive role. The relevant leading department is responsible for calling meetings at the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) if it foresees any emergencies.
