scholarly journals The Impact of Earthquake on Poverty: Learning from the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4704
Author(s):  
Huicong Jia ◽  
Fang Chen ◽  
Donghua Pan ◽  
Chuanrong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Good Time ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Major Earthquake ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Disaster

How to combine disaster prevention and mitigation, post-disaster reconstruction and poverty alleviation has become a new hot issue. On 12 May 2008, a major earthquake devastated the Wenchuan area in Sichuan Province in the heartland of China. After ten-years have passed, it is a good time to review what we learned from the Great Wenchuan earthquake. The impact of Wenchuan earthquake on poverty-stricken counties, poverty-stricken villages, and poverty-stricken households was analyzed. Suggestions for improving the method of combining disaster prevention, post-disaster reconstruction, and poverty alleviation were proposed. The results from this research could serve as an important reference for formulation of the poverty alleviation and development program after a major earthquake.

Protection Planning of Historical and Cultural City Based on the Concept of Disaster Prevention and Reduction

2011 ◽  
Vol 99-100 ◽  
pp. 483-486
Author(s):  
Yu Hui ◽  
Qiu Jian
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Planning Systems ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Planning And Construction ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Special Protection

Wenchuan earthquake caused the heavy losses in relation to a number of valuable historical and cultural cities in the disaster areas. A comparison to the experiences concerning prevention and reduction planning systems applied in the advanced countries found that the lack of similar ideas before the earthquake contributed one of the main factors to the losses. A further review of the whole post-disaster reconstruction planning system and a field survey affirmed that the protection of the historical and cultural cities was specified in principle, but, in practice, the special protection planning was ignored and the protection endeavor was needed. Therefore, some objective suggestions and opinions regarding historical and cultural city planning and construction were inferred from the viewpoints of disaster prevention and reduction.

scholarly journals Measuring and Characterizing Community Recovery to Earthquake: the Case of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Liu ◽  
Zhenwu Shi ◽  
Di Lu ◽  
Yongliang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Post Disaster

Abstract. Our world is prone to more frequent, deadly and costly earthquake disasters, which are increasingly uncertain and complex due to the rapid environmental and socio-economic changes occurring at multiple scales. There is an urgent need to recover rapidly and effectively for community after earthquake disasters. To enhance community recovery, it is necessary to have a good initial understanding of what it is, its determinants and how it can be measured, maintained and improved. So this article proposes the concept of community recovery as the capacity to recover and rebuild after the earthquake disasters by considering the original perspective of recovery. And we develop a new quantitative approach to measure community recovery to earthquake from four dimensions (population, economic, building, and infrastructure) by extending the concepts of recovery triangle. Taking the community of Wenchuan as the example to test our mathematical model and compare different recovery levels of four dimensions under the situation of Wenchuan Earthquake, the results can help the policy makers identify the low-recovery dimensions of Wenchuan to enhance post-disaster recovery and reconstruction efforts, and address the vital importance of local government in improving the post-disaster recovery.

A Study of Outcomes of the Poverty Alleviation Programme In Batticaloa District Of Sri Lanka

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
V. Navirathan ◽  
A.M. M. Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Actual Impact ◽  
Future Economic Development ◽  
The Impact

The major aim of this thesis was to explore the impact of poverty alleviation programmes on poverty alleviation in Batticaloa district. The objective of this study is to examine whether the Poverty alleviation Programmes increase the income level of the beneficiaries in Batticaloa District and examinewhether the contribution of Poverty alleviation Programme to increasethe standard of living of the beneficiaries living in the Batticaloa District. The research question developed for this study was what are the outcomes of poverty alleviation programmes on poverty alleviation of Samurdhi beneficiaries in Batticaloa district? There are many poverty alleviation institutions and other institutions which are providing livelihood support to improve the standard of living and to alleviate the poverty level. But, the actual impact of those facilities on poverty alleviation was not known. To find the actual impact, the above research question was developed. Primary data were collected from people who were Samurdhi beneficiaries from Manmunai South Eruvil PattuDS Division, Koralaipattu South DS division and Manmunai South West DS Division in Batticaloa District. The proportionate random sampling method was used to obtain 200 responses from the population. Completed questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS-20 tool package and the collected data were used to test the model using univariate and multiple regression analysis. The coefficient of the constant was positive and statistically significant in the model. All independent variables such as Income, Saving, Wellbeing, Coping Strategies, Entrepreneurial Skill, Employment and Gender Balance of the respondent in the research had a positive and statistically significant coefficient at 5% level. This result revealed that the Poverty alleviation programme moderately impacts on poverty alleviation in Batticaloa district. In order to alleviate the poverty, the identification and formulation of the efficient Samurdhi Programme areessential. Therefore, the major purpose of this study is to analyze the outcomes of Poverty alleviation programme and lessons learned to future economic development program which could be implemented effectively, and economical.

scholarly journals Differences in the Disaster-Preparedness Behaviors of the General Public and Professionals: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 5254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuolin Yong ◽  
Linmei Zhuang ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Xin Deng ◽  
Dingde Xu
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Earthquake Risk ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Chi Squared

Sichuan Province in China is one of the world’s most earthquake-stricken areas. Wenchuan and Lushan Counties in Sichuan and other earthquake-stricken areas contain rural settlements subject to geological disasters and poverty. However, there is little research on the characteristics of disaster-preparedness behavior and whether these differ between professionals and the general public in rural settlements with high earthquake risk and poverty. Using survey data from 327 farmers in rural settlements affected by major earthquakes in Wenchuan and Lushan Counties, independent-sample t-tests and chi-squared tests were used to test for differences in the disaster-preparedness behaviors of professionals and the general public. The results show that (1) there were significant differences in emergency-disaster preparedness, knowledge and skills preparedness and overall disaster-prevention preparedness, and (2) there was no significant difference in physical disaster-prevention preparation. Based on these results, the study suggests policy directions for regional poverty alleviation, disaster prevention and reduction and disaster management.

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