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China: Four years on, what Govt got right when rebuilding after the Sichuan earthquake
SUBMITTED BY VIVIAN ARGUETA BERNAL, CO-AUTHORS: PAUL PROCEE Four years ago on May 12, 2008, the world was stunned by the news of an 8-magnitude massive earthquake that struck Wenchuan of Sichuan Province and affected, in total, ten provinces in Southwestern China. Official estimates put the number...
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New report on corporate engagement in natural disaster response
Corporate engagement in natural disaster response has grown significantly in both scale and diversity during the last decade. Today, it is a central component of the international response machinery. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, large multinational corporations have become increasingly...
China: Communities transformed three years on from Sichuan earthquake
By Francis Markus in China Three years after an 8-magnitude earthquake devastated huge areas of China’s Sichuan Province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead and millions displaced, the region has made an impressive recovery. A massive reconstruction programme undertaken by the Red Cross Red...