Planning for Urban and Township Settlements after the Earthquake

This note builds on the proactive measures taken by the Government of China as announced in: (i) the Decree of the state council of the people's Republic of China, issued on 9 June 2008, providing regulations on post-Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction; (ii) the Directive on Counterpart Assistance (Directive) of 11 June 2008; and (iii) the land policies to support the reconstruction of Wenchuan (land policies) of 11 June 2008 by the ministry of land and natural resources. This note cites selected international experience in reconstruction from recent earthquakes in Kobe, Japan; Gujarat, India; Bam, Iran; and Marmara, Turkey. The Wenchuan Earthquake affected a wide spectrum of rural and urban settlements in varying geographic contexts across a large area. The government quickly devised four categories of damage for the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan: (i) extremely affected, (ii) heavily affected, (iii) moderately affected, and (iv) affected areas. Analysis of the then-interim information on affected towns, townships, counties, and cities suggested that settlement planning efforts would need to respond to very different contexts.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Leman, Edward
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-12
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ACCESSIBILITY TO EMPLOYMENT, AIRPORT, APARTMENT, APARTMENT BLOCKS, ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING CODES, BULLET TRAIN, BUS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CITIES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONSTRUCTION, DISTRICTS, DRAINAGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ELECTRIC POWER, EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERS, EXPRESSWAYS, HAZARD, HAZARD MAPS, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, HIGHWAYS, HOMES, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING, HOUSING SUPPLY, HOUSING UNITS, INHABITANTS, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND MARKET, LAND POLICIES, LAND SUPPLY, LAND USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, PORT FACILITIES, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, RAILROADS, RAILWAYS, REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION, RESETTLEMENT, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ROAD, ROADS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL PLANNING, RURAL SETTLEMENTS, SAFETY, SETTLEMENT PLANNING, SETTLEMENTS, SHOPS, SMALL TOWNS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, SUBURBAN AREAS, TEMPORARY SHELTERS, TOWN CENTERS, TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT PLANNERS, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, TRAVEL TIMES, TRUCK TRANSPORT, UNDERGROUND, URBAN, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN DESIGN, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN HOUSING, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN PLANS, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN STRUCTURE, URBANIZATION, VEHICLES, VILLAGES, YOUTH, ZONING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13337555/planning-urban-township-settlements-after-earthquake https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10122
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