Open AccessArea Business Continuity Management Approach to Build Sustainable Communities
Author(s) -
Tomoya Ono,
Kenji Watanabe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2017.p0806
Subject(s) - vision , order (exchange) , agency (philosophy) , business , business continuity , phase (matter) , risk management , process management , disaster risk reduction , sustainability , environmental resource management , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , computer security , economics , finance , ecology , philosophy , chemistry , theology , organic chemistry , epistemology , biology
From previous experiences, it was suggested that stakeholders should collaborate in each phase of disaster risk reduction, in order to prevent and mitigate the impact of wide area natural disasters. However, in several cases, the collaboration was not fruitful, owing to the diverse visions of both, private and public organizations’ operational continuity, resulting in conflicts occurring effortlessly among the organizations. One of the solutions to overcome this challenge is applying the business continuity management (BCM) method, such as business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessment, to the area. Japan International Cooperation Agency reported the “Area BCM” concept in 2013. This paper further investigates the concept of “Area BCM” and introduces the idea to decompose BIA factors for area and individual purposes, in order to build sustainable local economies.