This book, with a focus on the establishment of urban public security risk prevention and control system, carries out a comprehensive review and a comparative study of its development. It provides a systematical analysis to the inevitable security issues in the process of urban development and conducts an in-depth discussion on the background of times featuring heightened security risks as well as the main sources of current urban public security risks. In addition to analyzing the inner structure and development motivations, this book further summarizes the inner mechanism for the effective operation of urban risk prevention and control system and elaborates on the reasons why grassroots governance plays a vital role throughout the whole process. Moreover, this book sheds some light on the future development of urban security risk prevention and control system.

Centering on the frontiers of urban public security risk prevention and control, this book probes into the important issues in establishing an effective urban public security risk prevention and control system by combining theory and practice. As a result, it is highly recommended for scholars, government officials, and practitioners in the field of emergency management.

Adopts a public management research paradigm and takes a comparative study on the development Identifies the sources of motivation behind the establishment of urban risk prevention and control system Classifies urban risk prevention and control operation modes into two types based on real-life investigation

Autorentext
Xiaoliang Liu is Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, and Director of Urban Emergency Management Research Center in School of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Science and Technology, with research interests in public security, emergency management, risk management, and urban governance. In 2007, he studied at Yokohama National University as Visiting Scholar in Japan. He has presided over nearly 30 research projects entrusted by institutions, agencies, and government units, including China's National Key R&D Programs, China's National Social Science Fund Projects, Shanghai Municipal Government Decision-making Consultation Projects, Shanghai Social Science Planning Projects, and Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation Projects. In terms of academic writing, he has published about 30 papers in academic journals represented by Journal of Public Management, submitted nearly 20 decision-making consultation reports, and co-authored several books includingtextbooks.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Sources of Urban Public Security Risks.- Chapter 3 Development of Urban Risk Prevention and Control System.- Chapter 4 Sources of Motivation Behind the Establishment of Urban Risk Prevention and Control System.- Chapter 5 Effective Operation of Urban Risk Prevention and Control System.- Chapter 6 Grassroots Governance of Urban Risk Prevention and Control.- Chapter 7 Future-oriented Urban Security Risk Prevention and Control System.