@article{ref1,
title="Counterpart assistance: A systematic approach for post-Wenchuan earthquake recovery and reconstruction",
journal="Disaster advances",
year="2013",
author="Xu, Jiuping and Lu, Yi",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="58-65",
abstract="External assistance is often urgently required by local governments when the region is stricken by a destructive earthquake. This paper discussed the innovative Counterpart Assistance (CA) approach applied in post-Wenchuan Earthquake recovery and reconstruction. The CA is a systematic approach with an integrated operational framework, assistance-provision and -reception management and has been proved feasible and effective for post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction (PERR). Furthermore, the counterpart assistance can evolve to counterpart cooperation, ensuring the affected areas' economic renewal and long-term development and could further develop to become a general model for inter-regional coordinated development. As a sustainable assistance model for PERR with Chinese characteristics, some of the successful experiences of the CA approach could be introduced to other countries for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0974-262X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}