Rural Post-Earthquake Resettlement Mode Choices: Empirical Case Studies of Sichuan, China

Frontiers in Public Health

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Lei Zhao¹  Sifan Zhou¹  Jinglin Zhong¹  Yibin Ao¹  Yan Wang²  Tong Wang³  Yunfeng Chen⁴ 

[1] College of Environment and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology;Department of Engineering Management, Sichuan College of Architectural Technology;Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology;School of Construction Management Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University

关键词: post-earthquake resettlement mode;    influencing factor;    factor analysis;    binary logistic regression;    Wenchuan earthquake;    Changning earthquake;    Lushan earthquake;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.861497

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Earthquakes occur frequently in rural areas of Sichuan, China, causing huge damage and high mortality. The built environment plays a significant role in providing residents with safe and resilient settlements in such areas. There is yet little research on how rural families in developing countries cope with geological disasters like earthquakes, and how built environmental factors would influence their resettlement choices which would directly affect their quality of life afterward. Urban planning activities should be accompanied by these insights to design and create human-centric resettlements accordingly. In this study, the resettlement choices after three major earthquakes in Sichuan were studied for this reason. Random sampling and face-to-face questionnaire surveys were combined with factor analysis and binary logistic regression to understand the resettlement modes desired by the residents and the influencing factors. The results show that residents who have lived in their current places long and whose houses were not built recently are more likely to choose the in-situ resettlement. Accessibility to employment and public services has a significant impact on residents' choice of in-situ resettlement or reallocated resettlement, and so does the previous resettlement experience. The research results can provide useful suggestions for Chinese rural area post-earthquake resettlement planning following a human-centric approach with empirical data.

【 授权许可】

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