The impact of earthquake on poverty: Learning from the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

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Abstract

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.

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Jia, H., Chen, F., Pan, D., & Zhang, C. (2018). The impact of earthquake on poverty: Learning from the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124704

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