title: The time process of post-earthquake recovery: the Yao'an earthquake in China.
abstract: Post-disaster recovery is a constantly changing and developing process. The authors conducted three real-name follow-up surveys at 1, 12 and 18 months after the Yao'an earthquake, which had a surface wave magnitude of 6.0. They also calculated recovery ratios at different times and drew post-earthquake domestic life recovery curves. Based on the recovery curves, the time trajectory of domestic life recovery takes on an approximate S-type development and change process. The recovery time process of domestic life can be divided into four periods: emergency period (weeks 0-2(5)), early recovery period (weeks 2(5)-24), rapid recovery period (weeks 24-34) and late recovery period (weeks 34-60(80)).
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor at the Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: domestic life; post-earthquake recovery; recovery time