Interpreting Resourcing Bottlenecks of Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction in China

• Authors: Yan Chang , Suzanne Wilkinson , Regan Potangaroa , Erica Seville

Title variants

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Išteklių trūkumo aiškinimas kinijoje po Wenchuan žemės drebėjimo vykdant atstatymą

Abstracts

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Post-disaster reconstruction is likely to suffer resource shortages and supply disruptions. The devastating Wenchuan earthquake on 12 May 2008 in China served as a typical example. After the catastrophe, resource problems such as price escalation and market inflation posed a significant challenge to Chinese policy makers and reconstruction team. Based on field surveys, the study attempts to examine the Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction practice and identify the most vulnerable resources along with their resourcing impediments inherent in the reconstruction process. The research findings show that at the early stage of reconstruction, labour and materials such as brick, cement, steel and aggregate were the most needed yet vulnerable resources. Procurement of these resources was mainly hindered by (1) reconstruction schedule and speed, (2) the impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis, (3) inadequate local transportation capacity, (4) dysfunction of the construction market, and (5) insufficient engagement of local construction industry. While the interventions and measures Chinese government adopted after the earthquake seem to be able to deal with resourcing bottlenecks in a short time; different efforts to reduce the impacts of these five areas are needed with a view to expediting longer-term disaster recovery and reconstruction.

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Atstatant po nelaimių tikėtina, kad truks išteklių ir kartais nutruks tiekimas. 2008 m. gegužės 12 d. Kiniją supurtęs niokojantis Wenchuan žemės drebėjimas - būdingas pavyzdys. Po katastrofos kilusi išteklių problema, kaip antai pakilusios kainos ir padidėjusi rinka, Kinijos politikams ir atstatymo komandai tapo rimtu iššūkiu. Remiantis praktiniais tyrimais, darbe mėginama išnagrinėti atstatymo veiklą po Wenchuan žemės drebėjimo ir nustatyti sunkiausiai gaunamus išteklius kartu su atstatymo procesui būdingomis kliūtimis jų gauti. Tyrimo išvados rodo, kad ankstyvajame atstatymo darbų etape labiausiai reikėjo, bet daugiausiai trūko tokių išteklių, kaip darbo jėga ir medžiagos: plytos, cementas, plienas ir užpildai. Šių išteklių įsigyti labiausiai trukdė (1) atstatymo darbų tvarkaraštis ir sparta, (2) 2008 metų pasaulinės finansų krizės poveikis, (3) nepakankamas vietinio transporto našumas, (4) sutrikusi statybų rinka ir (5) nepakankamas vietinės statybų pramonės dalyvavimas. Nors po žemės drebėjimo Kinijos valdžios pasirinktos priemonės ir intervencijos būdai lyg ir leido trumpam pašalinti išteklių trūkumus, šių penkių punktų poveikiui mažinti reikia įvairių pastangų, kad spartus atsigavimas ir atstatymas po nelaimių būtų ilgalaikis.

Keywords

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Post-disaster reconstruction; Resource availability; Resourcing constraints; Wenchuan earthquake; China

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 314-331

Contributors

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Yan Chang

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

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Suzanne Wilkinson

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1061, New Zealand

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Regan Potangaroa

• School of Architecture (ScALA), Building 1, Carrington Road Mt Albert, UNITEC, Private Bag 92025, Auckland, New Zealand

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Erica Seville

• Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

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DOI

10.3846/ijspm.2010.24