NGO collaboration in community post‐disaster reconstruction: field research following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

The number of communities affected by disasters has been rising. As a result, non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) that attend community post‐disaster reconstruction are often unable to deliver all requirements and have to develop cooperative approaches. However, this collaboration can cause problems because of the complex environments, the fight for limited resources and uncoordinated management, all of which result in poor service delivery to the communities, adding to their woes. From extensive field research and case studies conducted in the post‐Wenchuan earthquake‐stricken communities, this paper introduces an integrated collaboration framework for community post‐disaster reconstruction with the focus on three types of NGOs: international, government organised and civil. The proposed collaboration framework examines the three interrelated components of organisational structure, operational processes and reconstruction goals/implementation areas. Of great significance in better promoting collaborative participation between NGOs are the crucial concepts of participatory reconstruction, double‐layer collaborative networks, and circular review and revision.     

An integrated approach: managing resources for post-disaster reconstruction

A lack of resources for post-disaster housing reconstruction significantly limits the prospects for successful recovery. Following the earthquake in Wenchuan, China, in May 2008, housing reconstruction was not immune to resource shortages and price inflation. Difficulties in sourcing materials and labour considerably impeded recovery. This paper provides evidence of the resourcing bottlenecks inherent in the post-Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction process. Its aim is to present an integrated planning framework for managing resources for post-disaster housing rebuilding. The results are drawn from in-field surveys that highlight the areas where stakeholders need to concentrate effort, including revising legislation and policy, enhancing capacity for rebuilding in the construction industry, strengthening the transportation network, restructuring market mechanisms, and incorporating environmental considerations into overall planning. Although the case study presented here is country-specific, it is hoped that the findings provide a basis for future research to identify resourcing constraints and solutions in other disaster contexts.     

Public participation in NGO-oriented communities for disaster prevention and mitigation (N-CDPM) in the Longmen Shan fault area during the Wenchuan and Lushan earthquake periods

ABSTRACT

The Longmen Shan fault area in southwest China is one of the world’s most active earthquake zones. The epicenters of the two most recent earthquakes, the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (8.0?Ms) and the 2013 Lushan earthquake (7.0?Ms), both of which caused serious losses, were only 85?km apart. Community-based disaster risk reduction is the foundation of the disaster management system pyramid and is critical to the success of ‘sustainable hazard mitigation’. Based on multiple collaborative stakeholder perspectives, this paper examines public participation in an NGO-oriented Community for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (N-CDPM) in the period between the two earthquakes as a multi-stage problem; N-CDPM establishment, normal operations, disaster testing, and continuous improvement. Multi-stage field research was conducted in the affected areas in the Longmen Shan fault area to examine the collaboration in each stage, after which the differences were compared across the four stages based on eight key indices; scales, core stakeholders, core network stability, mean number of lines, mean collaborative level, governments, and individual and public organization participation. The government participation, individual participation, and public organization participation are then discussed. This paper provides a novel research approach to CDPM in multiple earthquake regions and gives rich insights into the collaboration between the government and the public for N-CDPM.     

Resident participation in post-Lushan earthquake housing reconstruction: a multi-stage field research method-based inquiry

In April 2013, a 7.0?Mw earthquake struck in Lushan County, Sichuan Province, China, causing serious housing damage. Housing reconstruction is a crucial part of disaster recovery, and resident participation has been recognized as a key part of reconstruction success. This paper examined housing reconstruction resident participation in the post-Lushan earthquake period as a multi-stage problem based on multi-stakeholder collaborative perspectives, which covered emergency shelter, temporary housing and permanent housing stages. Multi-stage field research was conducted in the affected areas, and the residents were found to be fully involved in the reconstruction with a ‘high – medium – high' distribution across the three stages. Resident participation experiences were summarized in terms of previous earthquake education, NGO participation and community-based organization functions, and the reasons discussed, such as civic awareness and civic rights. Problems regarding improper reconstruction and cultural conflicts were also examined and valuable suggestions given.     

西方灾后重建经济理论及其借鉴意义

介绍了Yasuh ide Okuyam a的灾后重建经济理论,重点分析了灾害发生以后经济的变动情况,以及在灾害后的经济重建过程中,储蓄率和技术进步率等变量将如何变化,进而如何影响灾后的经济重建过程。阐述了借鉴此理论对中国汶川8.0级地震灾后重建的指导意义。     

Types of community-focused organisations for disaster risk reduction in the Longmen Shan Fault area

In the past 10 years, both the Wenchuan earthquake (2008, Magnitude?=?8.0) and the Lushan earthquake (2013, Magnitude?=?7.0) struck in the Longmen Shan Fault area, causing extraordinary human and economic losses. After the Wenchuan earthquake, the Chinese government began promoting the Community for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CDPM) project nationwide to enhance community-level disaster-resistance capacities. Due to post-earthquake demand, CDPM construction in the Longmen Shan Fault area involved many diverse organisations, each of which had different organisational leadership models, which greatly influenced the CDPM characteristics and mechanisms. From long-term field research in 23 CDPM organisations in Longmen Shan Fault area, four types of CDPM organisations were found, including eight Government-oriented CDPM, six Resident-oriented CDPM, seven NGO-oriented CDPM and two Enterprise-oriented CDPM, forming a multiple organisation-oriented CDPM (M-CDPM) model. As there was only 85?km between the Wenchuan earthquake and the Lushan earthquake epicentres, many of the hardest-hit regions were the same; therefore, most CDPM organisations examined in this study were established after the Wenchuan earthquake and their effectiveness was tested in the Lushan earthquake. Therefore, research on the M-CDPM gives valuable information and provides a practical perspective for community-level disaster risk reduction.     

Towards an earthquake-resilient world: from post-disaster reconstruction to pre-disaster prevention

ABSTRACT

Destructive earthquakes in urban or rural areas around the world have caused severe damage to local societies. Pre-disaster prevention and post-disaster reconstruction can significantly reduce the impact of earthquakes on communities. To explore the popular research topics and trends in this area, CiteSpace was used to develop a knowledge map visualization. It was found that the main research into earthquake disaster prevention and reconstruction has been focused on disaster risk reduction planning, disaster mitigation knowledge, participatory disaster governance, and community resilience building. In this Special Issue, there were six distinctive earthquake disaster research papers that covered scientific, social, and institutional aspects. It was concluded that to reduce the effects of earthquake disasters, an interdisciplinary research approach and systems thinking is needed. The investigation also revealed that there has been a paradigm shift from post-disaster reconstruction to pre-disaster prevention to build community and urban resilience.     

汶川地震重灾区陇南寨子崖危岩体稳定性分析与防治对策

汶川地震诱发了大量的次生地质灾害,陇南寨子崖危岩体在地震过程中发生了较大规模的崩塌,震后局部崩塌不断,严重威胁着灾后重建安置点数百人的生命安全,因此准确判断该危岩体稳定性,并采取相应的处理措施尤为重要。在研究寨子崖危岩体所处地质环境及危岩失稳的诱发因素基础上,分析了该危岩体的分布规律及形态特征,并采用工程地质分析法和极限平衡法对该区几处主要危岩单体的稳定状况进行了定性与定量分析评价。经分析判断均处于不稳定状态,需进行工程治理。针对每个危岩单体的具体特征,提出了小规模清方+锚固+SNS主动防护等的联合治理方案。     

综合防灾减灾的安全理念在城市规划中的实施路径——以北川新县城灾后重建规划为例

北川,作为汶川特大地震中唯一一个整体异地重建的县城,受到全国人民乃至世界的极大关注,其安全防灾问题必然成为新县城建设的核心问题。通过对北川灾后重建规划的系统总结,揭示出城市规划与城市安全的紧密关联。在城市规划中应将安全置于首位,并将安全防灾理念贯穿于规划全过程;通过选址、布局、防灾疏散场地的合理布局构建安全的城市环境;通过强化建筑防灾、基础设施防灾,加强公共安全设施工程建设,提高城市抗御灾害和应对突发事件的能力;通过建立健全灾害预防和应急信息系统及紧急救援体系等一系列规划、工程手段,达到建设"安全、安定、安心"城市的目标。     

基于国内外灾害经济研究与管理实践的启示

中外学者从不同视域对灾害经济与管理问题进行了研究,形成了一些有代表性的观点。各国政府在防灾减灾、灾后重建等方面也积累了大量的经验。这些观点和经验为我们深入研究灾害管理机制奠定了基础,结合汶川8.0级地震导致的惨重损失及灾后重建出现的问题,阐述了构建我国以人为本的灾害管理机制和可持续重建地震灾区的基本对策。     

粮食基础设施震后恢复重建关键问题研究

在对汶川8.0级地震后绵阳市粮食基础设施破坏情况调研的基础上,提出恢复与发展并重、粮食基础设施节点与网络并行、推进行业整合和信息化的建设思路,规划了绵阳市灾后恢复重建的维修保障和重建发展项目,并对规划实施效果进行了经济和社会效益分析。     

SWDC数字航空摄影仪在特大地震灾害中的应用

我国是一个自然灾害频发的国家,汶川大地震产生的巨大破坏将国家减灾救灾的战略需求提到了更高的地位.利用国产SWDC数字航空摄影仪等航空遥感平台,在灾前预警、灾中应急和灾后重建等不同阶段获取及时、准确、有效的灾害数据,是减灾救灾的重要组成内容.阐述了SWDC在灾中应急与灾后详评估中采用的技术方案,并于2008年5月16日、18日、21日三次获取了北川、平武、安县和青川等县市的航空遥感影像,制作了北川县地质灾害分布图、灾区公路损毁分布图等图件.在此基础上,对SWDC的数据快速获取能力和高精度的灾害详评估进行了着重论述.最后,分析了灾害应急航空遥感数据处理的现状,对各种处理手段进行了对比分析,并对航空遥感的未来发展进行了展望.     

Social entrepreneurship,co-production,and post-disaster recovery

Post-disaster recovery requires co-production; that is, the inputs of citizens are essential for successful community recovery to occur. Citizens contribute to post-disaster recovery by volunteering, taking on consultative and decision-making roles within their communities, and directly participating in post-disaster reconstruction efforts. Without meaning ful contributions from citizens—the intended beneficiaries—unilateral efforts by public officials and authorities will inevitably fail. This study shows that social entrepreneurs can thus play a critical role in spurring post-disaster recovery by facilitating co-production. It focuses on the role of social entrepreneurs after disasters and centres on one rural village, Giranchaur Namuna Basti in the Sindhupalchowk District of Nepal. Specifically, the study uses the case of the Dhurmus Suntali Foundation's Namuna village project in Giranchaur following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on 25 April 2015 to examine the pivotal role that social entrepreneurs assume in promoting voluntary activities, community engagement, and participation in post-disaster recovery efforts.     

汶川8.0级地震所引发的防震减灾工作启示

1966年邢台地震和2008年汶川8.0级地震,对中国防震减灾事业的方针政策已经产生和正在产生深刻影响。汶川8.0级地震的惨痛教训进一步说明,在地震预报不过关或还不可靠的前提下,震灾预防是减轻地震灾害的最有效途径。汶川地震的灾情和云南省减隔震技术研究应用、农村民居抗震、城中村改造三大工程加速了中国防震减灾结构的调整——应把建构筑物抗震设防摆在更重要的位置。     

In the aftermath of the Qa'yamat:1 the Kashmir earthquake disaster in northern Pakistan

This article explores the local impact of the catastrophic earthquake in northern Pakistan on 8 October 2005. Drawing on field research, including interviews with 40 earthquake survivors, the post-disaster analysis presented here focuses upon risk awareness and the reactions of respondents to the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that devastated areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir State, and North-West Frontier Province. The analysis provides insights into local perceptions of seismic hazard and exposure as well as survivors' priorities with regard to rebuilding and reconstruction. The article suggests that the tragedy of the devastating earthquake is entangled in a deeper knot of causal factors that are social, economic and political in nature. Rapid population growth, urbanisation, changing building styles, environmental degradation and lack of preparedness and mitigation are associated with the circumstances that place the population at risk. Remarks concerning present and future risk reduction efforts are included.     

基于AHP法的地震灾后恢复重建民用建筑工程施工质量控制模型

为了提高地震灾后恢复重建民用建筑工程施工质量控制效果,设计一个基于AHP法的灾后恢复重建民用建筑工程施工质量控制模型。从抗震能力、节能等方面进行考虑,建立了灾后恢复重建民用建筑工程施工质量评价体系,采用层次分析法计算指标权重并进行一致性检验,对施工质量进行评价,根据评价结果确定需要控制项目的优先级,从而对具体对象进行质量控制,以此完成基于AHP法的灾后恢复重建民用建筑工程施工质量控制模型的设计。并通过实例分析证明了此次研究的控制模型的可行性与有效性,为灾后恢复重建民用建筑工程施工质量控制提供参考。     

汶川特大地震“人的感觉”和“器物的反应”震害分析

在汶川特大地震现场,调查收集了大量有关人的感觉和器物的反应资料,在各种文献和网上又补充收集了大量此类资料.通过对这些资料的整理与分析,总结出了各烈度区人的感觉和器物的反应典型现象；探讨人的感觉、器物的反应与烈度的关系；找出各烈度区的共性内容.旨在使我国的地震烈度表在“人的感觉”和“器物的反应”方面更便于地震烈度评定,为地震科学研究提供可靠的基础资料.     

地震对人类影响及应对的研究综述

每一次破坏性地震都给人类的财产、生命、身心、生活等各个方面造成严重影响,并且地震灾情因社会发展而加重.已有研究从地震灾后抢救、重建和防震减灾等角度进行,存在很大不足:应急研究频繁,长期灾后重建研究不足;政府支持角度研究多,非正式支持研究少;自然科学研究较多,人文社会科学研究少,尤其是中国对地震的经验总结不足.     

汶川大地震余震等待时间序列——基于混沌理论的研究

根据混沌理论,对汶川大地震余震等待时间通过相空间重构,应用互信息法、Cao方法确定出重构参数,并分别计算了该序列的关联维、最大Lyapunov指数以及Kolmogorov熵等特征量。结果表明汶川大地震余震等待时间序列中存在明显的混沌特性,是非线性混沌动力系统演化的结果;并对余震等待时间序列的混沌性态及其产生的根源进行了简单的探索。研究结果可进一步研究汶川大地震余震等待时间序列的复杂性、演化规律及预测参考。     

《汶川地震建筑物震害遥感解译图集》的编制

2008年四川汶川8.0级地震造成了惨重的人员伤亡和巨大的经济损失。在震后灾害监测、应急指挥与抢险救援、灾害调查、损失评估、灾民安置、恢复重建以及地震科学研究等工作中,遥感技术发挥了重要作用。《汶川地震建筑物震害遥感解译图集》根据地震后地震现场建筑物震害遥感比对科学考察资料和震害遥感资料分析处理结果,按照科学性、知识性和资料性的编制原则编制而成。主要包括汶川大地震发生的地震地质、地势和社会环境,灾区遥感影像获取、建筑物震害影像特点与实际震害表现、震害遥感定量评估方法、汶川大地震灾区(Ⅷ度及以上地区)震害遥感定量评估模型,以及主要城市和乡镇震害遥感影像和震害评估结果等。