The Tangshan Earthquake’s Rehabilitation Village: an Exemplar of Post-disaster Reconstruction and Social Integration

Abstract

Rehabilitation Village in Tangshan Earthquake is a model disabled community that evinces the notion of post-disaster reconstruction and social integration. This paper aims to unfold its establishment process, its social integration practices, and its crucial value to municipality development, as well as look forward to the bright prospects of its future development and the social integration of residents. As long as they recalled the earthquake, survivors remembered fi rsthand the devastation and panic they underwent: their homes were destroyed, loved ones perished, and entire communities were thrown into chaos. The construction of Rehabilitation Village indicates support from the government and all walks of life. The hardships and struggles in the construction process are described through the personal experiences of the villagers, and the comparison between before, after, and ten years after the earthquake vindicates the improvement of hardware facilities and living facilities.