Planning and Recovery Following the Great 1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Yang, Zhang; Chun, Zhang; Drake, William B.; Olshansky, R.

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“…11 relocation sites were developed (Tayag & Punongbayan 1994). The evacuation of the indigenous Aeta (Ayta) community and their later resettlement in three of these sites have come in for criticism for the socio-cultural impacts (Gaillard 2006 The M 8.2 earthquake flattened the city of Tangshan, killed 242,000 people and injured 176,000 (Yang Zhang et al 2015).…”

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Planning for Disaster-Induced Relocation of Communities

Balachandran

Olshansky

Johnson

2021

Journal of the American Planning Association

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We examined 53 cases and cited 18 in the body of the paper (also listed in Table 1) as examples to illustrate the conceptual framework. The table below lists the cases in alphabetical order, highlighting the 18. We scanned the literature describing all the cases, and extracted specific narratives for each element of the framework using the following methodology:• Natural science: We looked for literature that described and/or critiqued the scientific risk assessment process.• Risk decision: We identified sections that discussed how the relocation decision occurred and how it played out at various levels-government, community, and household/individual.• Community's relationship to place: We looked for descriptions of livelihood, lifestyle, cultural, historical, and emotional dimensions of place attachment.• Relocation process: We searched for discussions on funding/finance for relocation, property rights/tenure and the logistics of relocation, including transitional stages.• Historical, social, and political context: Social science critiques of relocation directly address context in multiple dimensions. We carefully reviewed the other types of literature to identify contextual influences on the relocation decision and process.It is important to note that our method relied on careful reading and interpretation of the selected texts rather than on systematic keyword searches. This is because the cases describe a variety of different types and qualities of qualitative issues rather than statistical data. # Case name Disaster and location Hazard Affected settlements Relocation description 1. Ab-bar Manjil earthquake, Iran, 1990 # Case name Disaster and location Hazard Affected settlements Relocation description 7.

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Planning for Disaster-Induced Relocation of Communities

Balachandran

Olshansky

Johnson

2021

Journal of the American Planning Association

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“…Defined in mathematical terms, it can be measured by the degree of resistance to disruption and the speed of bouncing back. This form of resilience finds resonance with the managerial and technical planning tradition, which highlights spatial equilibrium and structural resistance to disturbance for survival and a quick return to the status quo (Davoudi, 2012; Ge et al, 2010; Zhang et al, 2015).…”

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The role of the state in China’s post-disaster reconstruction planning: Implications for resilience

Shao

2019

Urban Studies

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Rooted in natural and engineering sciences, the concept of resilience has attracted growing attention in social science and public policy. The evolving resilience paradigm assumes the concept is at odds with state control, and instead emphasises the coping capacities of communities and individuals. This assumption might overlook the multifaceted and context-specific nature of resilience. Drawing on an empirical study of state-led reconstruction planning, this article argues that it is the deep and active involvement of the state, rather than its retreat, that helps promote resilience building in China’s earthquake-hit areas. Through a combination of online questionnaire survey and interviews, the article assesses how the Chinese state mobilises and coordinates a wide range of state and non-state actors to enable communities to achieve different aspects of resilience, while also sometimes constraining them from doing so.

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“…The team at Virginia Tech assembled GIS data bases for all the study areas, including census and economic data, digitized plan maps, and satellite imagery from 2007 to 2010. Many of the team's research results have been published elsewhere (Chandrasekhar et al 2015;Dong 2012;Jiang 2014;Johnson and Olshansky 2017;Song et al 2017;Zhang et al 2014Zhang et al , 2016.…”

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“…In a rough comparison, the central and provincial governments are counterparts of the federal and state governments in a federal system. The key difference is that the central government has supreme power over the provincial governments while in a federal system, states have independent authorities conferred to them from the federal government.5 For an account of the reconstruction process in Tangshan, seeZhang et al (2014).…”

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Financing rapid community reconstruction after catastrophic disaster: lessons from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

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Catastrophic disasters can change the course of urban development and challenge the longrun sustainability of cities and regions. How to rapidly reconstruct communities impaired by catastrophic disaster is a worldwide challenge. The reconstruction after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China was an unusual case of very rapid reconstruction after a catastrophic disaster. Over US$147 billion was invested to rebuild the damaged areas within 3 years. The reconstruction was not simply building back what was destroyed, but was used as an opportunity to advance national goals for urbanization, rural transformation, and poverty reduction. In this article, we review how the reconstruction was planned, budgeted, and financed in the sociopolitical context of 2008 China. Particularly, we discuss two innovative programs, namely pair assistance and land-based financing. Despite the unique circumstances of China, lessons can be learned to speed up post-disaster reconstruction and urban development in other countries. Conversely, this case illustrates that a narrow focus on physical reconstruction may overlook broader economic and social issues.

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Planning and Recovery Following the Great 1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Cited by 14 publications

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Planning for Disaster-Induced Relocation of Communities

Planning for Disaster-Induced Relocation of Communities

The role of the state in China’s post-disaster reconstruction planning: Implications for resilience

Financing rapid community reconstruction after catastrophic disaster: lessons from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

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