RECAP: CASE STUDY SICHUAN CHINA EARTHQUAKE 2008

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RECAP: CASE STUDY SICHUAN CHINA EARTHQUAKE 2008

CASE STUDY SICHUAN CHINA EARTHQUAKE 2008 When? May 12th 2008 Where? Sichuan- mountainous region of SW China Magnitude? 7.8 How caused? The quake was caused by the collision of the Indian-Australian and Eurasian plates along the 155-mile- (249-km-) long Longmenshan Fault, a thrust fault in which the stresses produced by the northward-moving Indian-Australian plate shifted a portion of the Plateau of Tibet eastward.

Primary effects: Ground shaking and building collapse- 69,000 people died…

Secondary effects: Deadly landslides….

Responses…

Sichuan Initial Response: Aid and relief 1,500,000 temporary homes built 4,820,000 garments 4,820,000 quilts 2,460,000 tonnes of coal 1,430,000 tents 1,150,000 tonnes of fuel oil $3,370,000,000 from China’s disaster relief fund

Just 90minutes after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jibao, who has an academic background in geomechanics, flew to the area to oversee rescue work Immediately following the earthquake, 80,000 troops sent The remote mountainous areas received aid by air (soldiers parachuted and supplies dropped)

Long term management (1) The Chinese government believed many areas were now too dangerous for people to live in. Programme of relocation for mountain communities is still continuing. Priority - building ~ 4 million new homes, creating 1 million new jobs Also to provide earthquake-proof buildings A commitment that 3 million rural homeless families will get new homes and 860,000 city apartments will be built

Long term management (2) Government immediately committed £800m to strengthening the 2600 schools that remained standing in Sichuan Province Almost 4500 new primary schools to be built in Sichuan and neighbouring Gansu and Shaanxi province 169 new hospitals Total reconstruction bill will be US $150 billion

WHAT IS YOUR DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR THIS? WHITEBOARD THINKING So, based on the information you have read about Sichuan, Chinese earthquake 2008, what management strategies would you say were in place? 1. Modify the event – ability to control, avoid, resist - involves engineering and technologies 2. Modify vulnerability/the risk – eg prediction, warning, preparedness, education 3. Modify the loss – eg aid; insurance cover WHAT IS YOUR DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR THIS?

MANAGING THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE: ‘MODIFYING THE EVENT’ The overriding form of earthquake management in China has been that of ‘Modifying the event’ since the Chinese Government saw the 2008 earthquake as an opportunity to rebuild the area from scratch. 2 years after the earthquake: 1) 97% of the planned 299, 704 reconstruction projects in the region had started. 2) 99% of the 196 ,000 farmhouses destroyed in the earthquake had been rebuilt. 3)216 transport projects ( highways, main roads, railways and airports)were under construction or had been completed. THESE EFFORTS HAVE NOT ONLY IMPROVED PEOPLES’ LIVES AND THE REGION’S ECONOMY , BUT THEY HAVE ALSO MADE THE AREA MORE RESILIENT TO FUTURE HAZARD EVENTS.