Dynamic Change in Regional Resilience Indicators After a Disaster: A Comprehensive Assessment of Sichuan After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Lu ◽  
Xiaoyuan Shi ◽  
Xiai Mao ◽  
Shihang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Short Term ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Regional Resilience ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Resilience Process ◽  
Resilience Indicators

Abstract Regional resilience after a disaster is a process that encompasses resistance, recovery and redevelopment. However, there have been few longitudinal dynamic analyses using resilience indicators after a disaster. This research proposes an ordination and clustering-based method for regional resilience evaluations focused on short-term disaster-resistance and long-term disaster-recovery capacities in the affected counties. This method was proven to be effective on data from 55 counties before and after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (2005-2016) in Sichuan Province, China. It was found that: (i) economic related indicators were often negatively affected by the disaster over the short term, especially in the severely affected counties; (ii) the degree of economic development and the devastation extent significantly affected the recovery trends of two macro-economic indicators: the primary industry and the private economy; and (iii) the recovery trends in most counties for some economic and social indicators were initially stagnant or had a slow recovery for 1-3 years, after which there was a rapid recovery process. The intuitive and informative results from this evaluation provide a better understanding of the dynamic regional resilience process after a disaster.

scholarly journals A longitudinal study on emotional distress among local government staff seven years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunge Fan ◽  
Lili Guan ◽  
Hu Xiang ◽  
Xianmei Yang ◽  
Guoping Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
One Year ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background The current study examined the change in local government staff’s emotional distress over 7 years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and the influence of earthquake exposure and professional quality of life (ProQOL) on emotional distress. Methods This longitudinal study assessed 250 participants at 1 year after the earthquake; 162 (64.8%) were followed up at 7 years. Emotional distress was assessed with the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) at both time points. We assessed ProQOL, including compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress, and earthquake exposure at 1 year. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were performed to test longitudinal changes in emotional distress. Hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to examine the effect of earthquake exposure and ProQOL. Results The positive screening rate of emotional distress (SRQ ≥ 8) was 37.6 and 15.4% at one and 7 years, respectively. Emotional distress scores declined over time (p < 0.001). Earthquake exposure and ProQOL predicted one-year (ps < 0.05) but not seven-year emotional distress, whereas burnout predicted both one-year (p = 0.018) and seven-year (p = 0.047) emotional distress. Conclusions Although emotional distress can recover over time, it persists even 7 years later. Actions to reduce burnout during the early stage of post-disaster rescue have long-term benefits to staff’s psychological outcomes.

Features and genesis of micro-nanometer-sized grains on shear slip surface of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1961-1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
RenMao Yuan ◽  
BingLiang Zhang ◽  
XiWei Xu ◽  
ChuanYong Lin ◽  
LanBing Si ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Slip Surface ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Shear Slip

scholarly journals Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. eaav7110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Zhangdong Jin ◽  
A. Joshua West ◽  
Zhisheng An ◽  
Robert G. Hilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Delayed Response ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Depositional Processes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sediment Transfer ◽  
Large Earthquakes ◽  
Earthquake Cycles

Infrequent extreme events such as large earthquakes pose hazards and have lasting impacts on landscapes and biogeochemical cycles. Sediments provide valuable records of past events, but unambiguously identifying event deposits is challenging because of nonlinear sediment transport processes and poor age control. Here, we have been able to directly track the propagation of a tectonic signal into stratigraphy using reservoir sediments from before and after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Cycles in magnetic susceptibility allow us to define a precise annual chronology and identify the timing and nature of the earthquake’s sedimentary record. The grain size and Rb/Sr ratio of the sediments responded immediately to the earthquake. However, the changes were muted until 2 years after the event, when intense monsoonal runoff drove accumulation of coarser grains and lower Rb/Sr sediments. The delayed response provides insight into how climatic and tectonic agents interact to control sediment transfer and depositional processes.

Maxillofacial Injuries Caused by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (7) ◽  
pp. 1442-1445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-hua Liang ◽  
Ya-ling Tang ◽  
En Luo ◽  
Gui-quan Zhu ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Maxillofacial Injuries ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
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