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To investigate the effect of local government capacity on reducing damage from natural disasters and resilience costs in South Korea.

Does Government Capacity Mitigate Natural Disaster Impacts and Lower Resilience Costs?: Evidence From South Korea's Regional Local Government

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Examines how local government capacity affects disaster damage in South Korea, suggesting tailored disaster management strategies.

To investigate the effect of local government capacity on reducing damage from natural disasters and resilience costs in South Korea.
Analyzed local government capacity in South Korea from 2014 to 2023.
Categorized capacities into technical, administrative, policy, institutional, and financial.
Employed Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE) and Panel Tobit regression models for data analysis.
Higher ratios of residents per firefighter and public officials linked to reduced disaster damage.
Enactment of disaster ordinances and more disaster management funds correlated with increased damage.
Strategic redistribution of disaster management personnel can lower disaster impacts and resilience costs.

Koo et al. (2026) studied this question.

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