Earthquake lessons from China : coping and rebuilding strategies

By:

Ed. Kevin Z Chen,; Zhang, Qian,; Hsu, Claire

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: International Food Policy Research Institute Washington 2016Description: xiv, 137 p. 23 cm ; PbkISBN:

9780896298743

Subject(s):

China--Wenchuan Xian (Sichuan Sheng) Wenchuan Earthquake (China : 2008) Disaster relief - Earthquakes Emergency management

DDC classification:

363.349580951 EAR

Contents:

Chapter 1 Wenchuan Earthquake Overview Chapter 2 The Effect of the Wenchuan Earthquake and Government Aid on Rural Households Chapter 3 The Pair-Wise Province-to-County Aid Model for Disaster Relief Chapter 4 Cross-Sector Social Innovations Chapter 5 Integrating Disaster Management and Poverty Reduction Chapter 6 Summary and Looking Ahead.

Summary: This book focuses on how China's disaster management system— which is dedicated to the prevention, relief, and reconstruction efforts, carried out by the entire society, associated with the occurrence of natural hazards— performed during the Wenchuan earthquake. After briefly describing in Chapter 1 the earthquake's effects, the government's response, the evolution of China's disaster management system, and the increasing attention paid by China's government to disaster management in recent years, the remainder of the book focuses on key policy innovations throughout the disaster management process and system. It also covers the problems encountered, such as inadequate preparedness, misuse of funds, preference for short-term infrastructure projects over other projects that could better alleviate poverty, and inefficient allocation of funds. Below we summarize the key findings of the analysis of the relief and reconstruction efforts.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	GSB Collection	363.349580951 EAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40195

Gratis

Chapter 1 Wenchuan Earthquake Overview

Chapter 2 The Effect of the Wenchuan Earthquake and Government Aid on Rural Households

Chapter 3 The Pair-Wise Province-to-County Aid Model for Disaster Relief

Chapter 4 Cross-Sector Social Innovations

Chapter 5 Integrating Disaster Management and Poverty Reduction

Chapter 6 Summary and Looking Ahead.

This book focuses on how China's disaster management system— which is dedicated to the prevention, relief, and reconstruction efforts, carried out by the entire society, associated with the occurrence of natural hazards— performed during the Wenchuan earthquake. After briefly describing in Chapter 1 the earthquake's effects, the government's response, the evolution of China's disaster management system, and the increasing attention paid by China's government to disaster management in recent years, the remainder of the book focuses on key policy innovations throughout the disaster management process and system. It also covers the problems encountered, such as inadequate preparedness, misuse of funds, preference for short-term infrastructure projects over other projects that could better alleviate poverty, and inefficient allocation of funds. Below we summarize the key findings of the analysis of the relief and reconstruction efforts.

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