Is 'Paired Assistance Policy' reconstruction mode better than traditional mode? A simulation approach to understanding collaborative governance in post-Wenchuan Earthquake reconstruction

摘要

The recovery process following the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China took more than 10 years. Over this period, 41 severely damaged counties and county-level cities in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces have exceeded their economic, social, ecological, and cultural status from before the earthquake hit. The Wenchuan Earthquake offers an illuminating case study for better understanding the dynamic collaborative governance in post-disaster reconstruction (Guo & Kapucu, 2015; Wang et al., 2020). The impacts of the Wenchuan Earthquake and the related lessons and experiences are expected to influence the way international practitioners deal with disaster reconstruction in the future.