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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.
List of contents
Introduction
Junko Otani
Chapter 1. The Characteristics of and Problems with Chinese Society's Recovery Measures Following the Sichuan Earthquakes
Junko Otani
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 Grass-roots Mental Support NGOs
Yumei Zhang, and Junko Otani
Chapter 3. Mental Care for Occupants of a Welfare Facility for Older Adults
in the Disaster-Affected Area of Sichuan
Jing Li
Chapter 4. Disaster Prevention Education in Dark Tourism: The Beichuan National Earthquake Ruins Museum
Xin Gao
Chapter 5. Intangible Cultural Properties of the Qiang after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: Qiang Year in Mao County
Yixuan Wang
Chapter 6. History of Social Disaster Prevention After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake:
Practice of Disaster Prevention Education in Schools and Community Disaster Prevention
Yixuan Chen
Epilogue
Junko Otani
Appendix 1: A Great Earthquake Strikes China...Again
Ken Xiansheng Hao
Appendix 2: Volunteer Activities after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
Jianxin Zhang
Appendix 3: 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: Reflections on the Returning Early Summer
Masaya Fujimoto
Appendix 4: The 108 Baby Arhats
Yixuan Chen
Appendix 5: Impact of Commercial Development Due to Earthquake Reconstruction on Local Residents: Case of Luobozhai Village, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province
Yixuan Chen
Appendix 6: Reflecting on an Unexpected Year in an Unexpected Year
Xiaobo Huang
Appendix 7: Disaster Research and Changes in Campus Safety at Sichuan University After the Earthquake
Bingwei Tian
Appendix 8: Disaster Prevention Measures and Reconstruction Activities of Minority Community Residents: A Study of Frequent Mudslides Since the Sichuan Earthquake
Yuwen Gao
About the author
Junko Otani is professor at University of Osaka.
Summary
This book looks at Chinese society fifteen years after the Wenchuan Earthquake from various perspectives ranging from reconstruction policy, mental care for disaster victims, tourism in disaster areas, ethnic minorities, and disaster prevention education from a medium-to long-term perspective.
