... collected from a Chinese county devastated by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The analysis compares the changes of livelihood capitals (financial, natural, physical, social, human) between 2012 and 2009 and recovery perception. Findings The results demonstrate that both the current status of financial...

... in these earthquake-related advertisements were evaluated and compared with the dimension of time to explore the development of advertising strategies. Findings The authors found that 12 types of advertising messages were used by developers in response to the Wenchuan earthquake. The initial advertising strategy...

...Yong Chen; Yan Tan; Yong Luo Purpose Livelihood recovery is a top priority to sustain resettled communities. The purpose of this paper is to assess livelihood vulnerability of those displaced and resettled in the aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China, based on a newly constructed...

... counterpart aid (NCA) is an innovative model for post-Wenchuan earthquake recovery and reconstruction (PWERR). The purpose of this paper is to make a comparative study of the aid models in order to develop recommendations on external assistance for better post-disaster recovery and reconstruction (PDRR...

... of construction quality problems related to the specific case of the Wenchuan earthquake of China. Findings The single low price competition in the construction tender market leads to the serious adverse selection and moral hazard behavior of bidding firms. The main solution to this problem...