To enhance the capabilities of the authorities to solve the problem of environmental health after natural disaster, this study uses the concepts and methods of Managing for Results (MFR), system analysis, and management thinking and procedure to develop a management framework for environmental pollution control after natural disaster. This framework also includes performance indicators of environmental pollution control after natural disaster. The current mechanism for environmental pollution control after natural disaster is modified based on this framework and is applied as the guidance for the authorities. The differences of environmental characteristics between the urban area and the rural area after natural disaster are analyzed and identified. The environmental health evaluation indicator and the capability evaluation indicator (including three stages of establishment in usual time, preparation before disaster, and execution after disaster) of environmental pollution control after natural disaster are developed based on the above analysis results. This study uses the developed capability evaluation indicator to evaluate the capabilities in the stage of establishment in usual time of 10 local authorities for environmental pollution control after natural disaster. The evaluated results indicate that the evaluation values of seven local authorities, including Taipei County, Keelung City, Taichung County, Penghu County, Hsinchu City, Taipei City, and Taoyuan County, are between 60 and 74 which are classified as the level of “fair”. The evaluation values of three local authorities, including Yilan County, Hsinchu County, and Taichung City, are below 59. Furthermore, each local authority has some indicator values which are below 3. This study suggests the improvement objective as that the capability in the stage of establishment in usual time can achieve the level of “good” (the evaluation value above 75) and each indicator value can be above 3 by 2008. Five major improvement strategies are developed in this study, including: (1) allocating the governmental human resources for environmental pollution control after natural disaster by 2006; (2) purchasing equipments for environmental pollution control after natural disaster by 2008; (3) organizing the volunteers by 2007; (4) making the contracts with private enterprises for environmental pollution control after natural disaster by 2007; and (5) making the inter-governmental agreements for waste treatment by 2007. Moreover, the detailed strategies and action plans are generated as the improvement alternatives for the 10 local authorities. The analytic results and alternatives can be used to assist the local authorities to effectively solve the problems for environmental pollution control after natural disaster.

Natural disaster, environmental health evaluation indicator after natural disaster, capability evaluation indicator of environmental pollution control after natural disaster, performance indicator of environmental pollution control after natural disaster, managing for results