Reconstructing Resilient Communities after the Wenchuan Earthquake

Junko Otani

doi:10.5771/9781666937862

Summary

Reconstructing Resilient Communities after the Wenchuan Earthquake: Disaster Recovery in China looks at the changes in Chinese society following the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan from various perspectives ranging from reconstruction policy, mental care for disaster victims, tourism in disaster areas, ethnic minorities, and disaster prevention education. The Wenchuan Earthquake, which occurred three months prior to the Beijing Olympics, attracted worldwide attention in May of 2008. Following this natural disaster, the government in China conducted a delicate bargaining between government top-drown control and openness to its people and the international society in its effort to steer the reconstruction. This book examines the globalization of modern society through examination of these events and considers what we have learned from this disaster, subsequent reconstruction, and issues that may arise in the future.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-3785-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-3786-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 302
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables and Illustrations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter 1: The Characteristics of and Problems with Chinese Society’s Recovery Measures: Following the Wenchuan Earthquakes No access Pages 21 - 52
Chapter 2: The Role of Post-disaster NGOs in the 2008 Wenchuan and 2013 Lushan Earthquakes in Sichuan in P.R. China: A Case Study of Grassroots Mental Support NGOs No access Pages 53 - 80
Chapter 3: Mental Care for Occupants of a Welfare Facility for Older Adults in the Disaster-Affected Area of Sichuan No access Pages 81 - 114
Chapter 4: Disaster Prevention Education in Dark Tourism: The Beichuan National Earthquake Ruins Museum No access Pages 115 - 154
Chapter 5: Intangible Cultural Properties of the Qiang after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: Qiang Year in Mao County No access Pages 155 - 184
Chapter 6: History of Social Disaster Prevention after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: Practice of Disaster Prevention Education in Schools and Community Disaster Prevention No access Pages 185 - 232
Afterword/Epilogue No access Pages 233 - 6
Appendix 1 No access Pages 241 - 246
Appendix 2 No access Pages 247 - 256
Appendix 3 No access Pages 257 - 260
Appendix 4 No access Pages 261 - 266
Appendix 5 No access Pages 267 - 274
Appendix 6 No access Pages 275 - 278
Appendix 7 No access Pages 279 - 286
Appendix 8 No access Pages 287 - 294
Index No access Pages 295 - 298
About the Contributors No access Pages 299 - 302