Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas

The destructive Wenchuan earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred at 2:28 pm local time on 12 May 2008, in the western Sichuan province of China. The reconstruction of public and private housing emerged as a key issue for the Government of China. This...

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Main Authors: Trohanis, Zoe, Read, Geoffrey
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13339653/housing-reconstruction-urban-rural-areas
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spelling okr-10986-101372021-04-23T14:02:48Z Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas Trohanis, Zoe Read, Geoffrey AFTERSHOCKS APARTMENT APARTMENTS BANKS BUILDING CODES CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE CLINICS COMMUNITIES CONSTRUCTION CORE HOUSING DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGED HOUSES DELIVERY MECHANISMS DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DISTRICTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FINANCIAL RISK GOVERNMENT HOUSING HAZARD HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNERS HOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING ASSETS HOUSING POLICIES HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION MEDICAL SUPPLIES PRIVATE HOUSING PUBLIC BUILDINGS REAL ESTATE RECONSTRUCTION REINSURANCE REINSURANCE COMPANY RELIEF RENTAL HOUSING REPAIR RESETTLEMENT RISK REDUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSING SAFETY SELF-HELP SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SPATIAL PLANNING TOWNS TSUNAMI URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSING VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES The destructive Wenchuan earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred at 2:28 pm local time on 12 May 2008, in the western Sichuan province of China. The reconstruction of public and private housing emerged as a key issue for the Government of China. This note discusses delivery mechanisms and financing strategies for housing reconstruction, as well as gives examples of recent international experience with post-disaster housing reconstruction programs and key issues for consideration by the government moving forward. 2012-08-13T10:31:34Z 2012-08-13T10:31:34Z 2010-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13339653/housing-reconstruction-urban-rural-areas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10137 English EAP DRM Knowledge Notes; No. 9 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific
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topic AFTERSHOCKS
APARTMENT
APARTMENTS
BANKS
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
CONSTRUCTION
CORE HOUSING
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
DAMAGED HOUSES
DELIVERY MECHANISMS
DISASTER
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTERS
DISTRICTS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
FINANCIAL RISK
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
HAZARD
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
HOMEOWNER
HOMEOWNERS
HOMES
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSES
HOUSING
HOUSING ASSETS
HOUSING POLICIES
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING STOCK
HOUSING UNITS
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
PRIVATE HOUSING
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
REAL ESTATE
RECONSTRUCTION
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE COMPANY
RELIEF
RENTAL HOUSING
REPAIR
RESETTLEMENT
RISK REDUCTION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL HOUSING
SAFETY
SELF-HELP
SETTLEMENTS
SHELTER
SPATIAL PLANNING
TOWNS
TSUNAMI
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSING
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
spellingShingle AFTERSHOCKS
APARTMENT
APARTMENTS
BANKS
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
CONSTRUCTION
CORE HOUSING
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
DAMAGED HOUSES
DELIVERY MECHANISMS
DISASTER
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTERS
DISTRICTS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
FINANCIAL RISK
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
HAZARD
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
HOMEOWNER
HOMEOWNERS
HOMES
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSES
HOUSING
HOUSING ASSETS
HOUSING POLICIES
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING STOCK
HOUSING UNITS
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
PRIVATE HOUSING
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
REAL ESTATE
RECONSTRUCTION
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE COMPANY
RELIEF
RENTAL HOUSING
REPAIR
RESETTLEMENT
RISK REDUCTION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL HOUSING
SAFETY
SELF-HELP
SETTLEMENTS
SHELTER
SPATIAL PLANNING
TOWNS
TSUNAMI
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSING
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
Trohanis, Zoe
Read, Geoffrey
Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
relation EAP DRM Knowledge Notes; No. 9
description The destructive Wenchuan earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred at 2:28 pm local time on 12 May 2008, in the western Sichuan province of China. The reconstruction of public and private housing emerged as a key issue for the Government of China. This note discusses delivery mechanisms and financing strategies for housing reconstruction, as well as gives examples of recent international experience with post-disaster housing reconstruction programs and key issues for consideration by the government moving forward.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Trohanis, Zoe
Read, Geoffrey
author_facet Trohanis, Zoe
Read, Geoffrey
author_sort Trohanis, Zoe
title Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas
title_short Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas
title_full Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas
title_fullStr Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas
title_full_unstemmed Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas
title_sort housing reconstruction in urban and rural areas
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13339653/housing-reconstruction-urban-rural-areas
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10137
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