Abstract

The Sichuan Earthquake that occurred on May 12th, 2008, caused severe damage to many large projects, brought about secondary disasters, and had serious impacts on the environment. China needs to draw profound lessons from the disaster and reflect on its heavily invested reconstruction scheme. During the several years prior to the May 12th, 2008, Sichuan Earthquake, China was experiencing unprecedented growth in its GDP and a rapid increase in investment in state-funded large construction projects. The devastating 5.12 Earthquake caused serious damage and great losses to irrigation projects, hydropower projects, heavy chemical projects, infrastructure, and industrial parks in Longmen Shan and the neighboring areas. Quake-damaged large projects are causing major threats to the environment, including lakes caused by landslides, the release of harmful substances, secondary disasters, and pollution. The 5.12 Earthquake also exposed hidden problems, in aspects like industrial layout, protection measures against earthquakes, disaster-mitigation measures, and emergency rescue plans. Keywords: disaster-mitigation measures; emergency rescue plans; hydropower projects; Longmen Shan; Sichuan Earthquake

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