Perception of recovery of households affected by 2008 Wenchuan earthquake: A structural equation model.

ABSTRACT: Much of the literature on recovery focuses on the economy, the physical environment and infrastructure at a macro level, which may ignore the personal experiences of affected individuals during recovery. This paper combines internal factors at a micro level and external factors at a macro level to model for understanding perception of recovery (PoR). This study focuses on areas devastated by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. With respect to three recovery-related aspects (house recovery condition (HRC), family recovery power (FRP) and reconstruction investment (RI)), structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied. It was found that the three aspects (FRP, HRC and RI) effectively explain how earthquake affected households perceive recovery. Internal factors associated with FRP contribu

SUBMITTER: Lin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5576748 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature