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

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...

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Main Authors: Huicong Jia, Fang Chen, Donghua Pan, Chuanrong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4704