The Risk Assessment Management of Disaster Prevention on Roads

Abstract

This study has focused on the background and current situation of how to apply disaster prevention and risk assessment management during and after a disaster accident within the life cycle stages of road construction projects in Taipei City. By using case study and questionnaire survey to establish the risk assessment matrix then derived risk factors from qualitative and quantitative analysis. The benefits of applying risk management for government includes it is reducing the probability of risk occurrence as well as the severity of hazard consequences, government cost, and improving public constructions’ quality, agency KPIs, and etc. The safety of road user is critical and unbearable risk loss. If the government can consider the risk level of different road sections in the road budget planning and allocation, it will effectively reduce the probability of citizens encountering traffic safety accidents and reduce the severity of accident risks.