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Perception of recovery of households affected by 2008 Wenchuan earthquake: A structural equation model
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 8, p e0183631 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2017.
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Abstract
- Much of the literature on recovery focuses on the economy, the physical environment and infrastructure at a macro level, which may ignore the personal experiences of affected individuals during recovery. This paper combines internal factors at a micro level and external factors at a macro level to model for understanding perception of recovery (PoR). This study focuses on areas devastated by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. With respect to three recovery-related aspects (house recovery condition (HRC), family recovery power (FRP) and reconstruction investment (RI)), structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied. It was found that the three aspects (FRP, HRC and RI) effectively explain how earthquake affected households perceive recovery. Internal factors associated with FRP contributed the most to favourable PoR, followed by external factors associated with HRC. Findings identified that for PoR the importance of active recovery within households outweighed an advantageous house recovery condition. At the same time, households trapped in unfavourable external conditions would invest more in housing recovery, which result in wealth accumulation and improved quality of life leading to a high level of PoR. In addition, schooling in households showed a negative effect on improving PoR. This research contributes to current debates around post-disaster permanent housing policy. It is implied that a one-size-fits-all policy in disaster recovery may not be effective and more specific assistance should be provided to those people in need.
- Subjects :
- Questionnaires
Rural Population
Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies
Poison control
lcsh:Medicine
Social Sciences
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
Occupational safety and health
Geographical Locations
Disasters
Sociology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine and Health Sciences
Survivors
lcsh:Science
Geographic Areas
Family Characteristics
Multidisciplinary
Schools
Social Research
Geography
Disaster recovery
Human factors and ergonomics
Investment (macroeconomics)
Research Design
Research Article
China
Asia
Disaster Planning
Human Geography
Research and Analysis Methods
Structural equation modeling
Education
Injury prevention
Earthquakes
Humans
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Survey Research
Atmosphere
lcsh:R
Models, Theoretical
Rural Areas
Health Care
Physical Geography
People and Places
Earth Sciences
Housing
Quality of Life
Demographic economics
lcsh:Q
Perception
Rural area
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7c16ced359d492cc114be407cd9dcaa4