Risks of Developing Concentrated Rural Settlement after the Wenchuan Earthquake in China

Yi Peng, Xuewen Li, Li Huang, Shuli Jiang, Yelin Xu and Yani Lai
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Yi Peng: School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Xuewen Li: School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Li Huang: School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Shuli Jiang: School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yelin Xu: Department of Engineering Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yani Lai: Department of Engineering Management and Real Estate, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Concentrated rural settlement (CRS) reconstruction was promoted as a sustainable rural reconstruction way after the Wenchuan earthquake in China. Despite the various benefits of CRS, haphazard CRS reconstruction presents risks to future sustainable development. However, such risks have been rarely investigated. Thus, this study examines the risk factors with eight CRS reconstruction cases after the Wenchuan earthquake. The existence and interactions of economic, social, environmental, and disaster relief risks are observed after reconstruction. A conceptual model is proposed for systematically interpreting the risks. Results obtained can help the local government judiciously consider the risk factors in order to achieve sustainable development when initiating rapid reconstruction.

Keywords: concentrated rural settlement (CRS); Wenchuan earthquake; post-disaster reconstruction; risk; conceptual model; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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