Title: Review of emergency management related to the Wenchuan earthquake: a special section

Authors: Desheng Dash Wu, Jiuping Xu

Addresses: RiskLab, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada. ' Institute of Emergency Management and Reconstruction in Post-disaster, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PRC

Abstract: Earthquakes are among the most terrifying and destructive natural disasters threatening humans. As the Wenchuan earthquake in China of May 2008 turned out to be one of the most severe threats to people|s lives, with the number of dead being more than 80,000, we have to study the lessons from the earthquake disaster as an opportunity to better prepare ourselves for future disasters. This paper provides a review of state-of-the-art studies related to the Wenchuan earthquake.

Keywords: earthquakes; Wenchuan; emergency preparedness; disaster management; China; emergency management; natural disasters; crisis management; emergency planning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2009.029246

International Journal of Emergency Management, 2009 Vol.6 No.2, pp.208 - 214

Published online: 17 Nov 2009 *

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