Journal of Geographical Sciences, Volume. 30, Issue 8, 1363(2020)

Post-earthquake economic resilience and recovery efficiency in the border areas of the Tibetan Plateau: A case study of areas affected by the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008

Kan ZHOU1、*, Baoyin LIU2, and Jie FAN1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2Institute of Science and Development, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Location of the study area in the border areas of the Tibetan Plateau and map of its topography (expanded inset on the right)
    Schematic diagram of the growth trajectory of the post-disaster regional economy
    Comparison of pre-earthquake and post-earthquake GDP
    Changes in GDP and added value of the three strata of industry
    Differences in the recovery cycles between secondary industry and tertiary industry
    Changes in the industrial structure of the three strata of industry
    Changes in per capita GDP and coefficient of variation
    Changes in total factor productivity (TFP) and its decomposition results
    • Table 1.

      Relative efficiency of economic recovery and its decomposition results for 2008

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      Table 1.

      Relative efficiency of economic recovery and its decomposition results for 2008

      AreaComprehensive efficiencyPure technical efficiencyScale efficiencyReturns to scale
      Wenchuan0.5051.0000.505Increase
      Beichuan0.2931.0000.293Increase
      Mianzhu1.0001.0001.000Constant
      Shifang1.0001.0001.000Constant
      Qingchuan0.3211.0000.321Increase
      Maoxian0.2691.0000.269Increase
      Dujiangyan0.9120.9390.971Decrease
      Pingwu0.2990.5800.515Increase
      Pengzhou0.6371.0000.637Decrease
      Anxian0.7980.9810.813Increase
      Average value0.6030.9500.632
    • Table 2.

      Malmquist index and its decomposition results since 2007

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      Table 2.

      Malmquist index and its decomposition results since 2007

      YearComprehensive efficiencyRate of technological changePure technical efficiencyScale efficiencyTotal factor growth rate
      20070.9241.1310.9740.9481.044
      20081.0270.6461.0530.9750.663
      20090.9570.8860.8541.1210.848
      20101.0111.0300.9881.0231.041
      20110.9301.0921.0120.9191.015
      20120.9931.0391.0600.9371.032
      20131.0191.0111.0690.9531.030
      20141.0370.9991.0291.0071.036
      20151.0370.9770.9911.0471.014
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    Kan ZHOU, Baoyin LIU, Jie FAN. Post-earthquake economic resilience and recovery efficiency in the border areas of the Tibetan Plateau: A case study of areas affected by the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(8): 1363

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jan. 7, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 17, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 21, 2021

    The Author Email: ZHOU Kan (zhoukan@igsnrr.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11442-020-1786-8

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