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NGOs and Their Roles During Post-earthquake Reconstruction

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This paper aims to discuss the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China, during the Wenchuan earthquake and the participation of NGOs in natural resource management after the disaster. We focus on NGOs working in the area of environmental protection and examine their roles, performance, and coordination with the government. In addition, we observe their long-term planning for post-disaster reconstruction, and analyze their management and their role in work related to ecological restoration after the disaster. This analysis illustrates that the collaboration of NGOs in earthquake relief and post-earthquake reconstruction contributes greater flexibility to public resource management, thus illustrating the benefits of a complementary relationship in disaster management between the government and the non-governmental sector.

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    Based on discussions with the WWF’s Zeng Ming.

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  1. Centre of Research PIPS, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, 80000, France

    Jialu Tang

  2. Department of Economics and Management, China Institution of Defense Science and Technology, 101601, Beijing, China

    Ju Wang

  3. National Development and Reform Commission, Yuetan Beixiaojie, Beijing, 100836, China

    Gongzheng Zhao

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Tang, J., Wang, J., Zhao, G. (2011). NGOs and Their Roles During Post-earthquake Reconstruction. In: Guo, R., Freeman, C. (eds) Managing Fragile Regions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6436-6_8

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