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Dr. Haorui Wu
Dalhousie University, Canada

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Dr. Haorui Wu is Canada Research Chair in Resilience, serving as an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, Faculty of Health, at Dalhousie University. With an interdisciplinary background (architecture, landscape architecture, regional and community planning, and social work), his community-based interdisciplinary research and emerging practice have nuancedly explored disaster-driven redevelopment of human and non-human settlements through the lens of environmental justice and social justice in the global context of climate change, disaster, and willful acts of violence. His innovative socio-ecological protection strategies aim to stimulate the transdisciplinary application of engineering, social, cultural, ecological, economic, and political dimensions into the empowerment of grassroots-led community development initiatives that contribute to the enhancement of inhabitants and co-inhabitants’ health and well-being.

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Journal article
Published: 10 August 2021 in Animals
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The research aims to explore COVID-19 health and safety protocol impacts on companion animal guardians living with (dis)abilities relating to veterinary medical and behavioral service access. The COVID-19 global public health crisis has impacted almost all international communities; however, vulnerable and marginalized groups have been disproportionately affected. Within the human–companion animal domain, COVID-19-driven societal impacts (e.g., social, health, and economic) not only boomed with new companion animal guardians, but also negatively influenced guardians’ access to veterinary services. Although studies have examined guardian-related COVID-19-specific challenges, there is a paucity of concentration on vulnerable populations, such as persons with disabilities (PWDs). Responding to this research deficit, this study recruited twelve companion animal guardians to participate in semi-structured in-depth interviews, and eight (67%) of the twelve participants self-identified as PWDs. From a PWD perspective, this research reveals three pandemic-triggered primary barriers, preventing PWDs from pursuing veterinary services: (1) service affordability, (2) assistance program feasibility, and (3) veterinary service accessibility. This article argues that PWD-driven approaches could improve existing assistance and support programs to address PWDs’ unique requirements, promoting a healthy human–animal bond.

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Haorui Wu; Ravinder Bains; Amy Morris; Celeste Morales. Affordability, Feasibility, and Accessibility: Companion Animal Guardians with (Dis)Abilities’ Access to Veterinary Medical and Behavioral Services during COVID-19. Animals 2021, 11, 2359 .

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Haorui Wu, Ravinder Bains, Amy Morris, Celeste Morales. Affordability, Feasibility, and Accessibility: Companion Animal Guardians with (Dis)Abilities’ Access to Veterinary Medical and Behavioral Services during COVID-19. Animals. 2021; 11 (8):2359.

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Haorui Wu; Ravinder Bains; Amy Morris; Celeste Morales. 2021. "Affordability, Feasibility, and Accessibility: Companion Animal Guardians with (Dis)Abilities’ Access to Veterinary Medical and Behavioral Services during COVID-19." Animals 11, no. 8: 2359.

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Published: 08 July 2021 in Sustainability
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This study contributes to an in-depth examination of how Wenchuan earthquake disaster survivors utilize intensive built environment reconstruction outcomes (housing and infrastructural systems) to facilitate their long-term social and economic recovery and sustainable rural development. Post-disaster recovery administered via top-down disaster management systems usually consists of two phases: a short-term, government-led reconstruction (STGLR) of the built environment and a long-term, survivor-led recovery (LTSLR) of human and social settings. However, current studies have been inadequate in examining how rural disaster survivors have adapted to their new government-provided housing or how communities conducted their long-term recovery efforts. This qualitative case study invited sixty rural disaster survivors to examine their place-making activities utilizing government-delivered, urban-style residential communities to support their long-term recovery. This study discovered that rural residents’ recovery activities successfully perpetuated their original rural lives and rebuilt social connections and networks both individually and collectively. However, they were only able to manage their agriculture-based livelihood recovery temporarily. This research suggests that engaging rural inhabitants’ place-making expertise and providing opportunities to improve their housing and communities would advance the long-term grassroots recovery of lives and livelihoods, achieving sustainable development.

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Haorui Wu. When Housing and Communities Were Delivered: A Case Study of Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Rural Reconstruction and Recovery. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7629 .

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Haorui Wu. When Housing and Communities Were Delivered: A Case Study of Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Rural Reconstruction and Recovery. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):7629.

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Haorui Wu. 2021. "When Housing and Communities Were Delivered: A Case Study of Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Rural Reconstruction and Recovery." Sustainability 13, no. 14: 7629.

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Published: 01 July 2021 in The British Journal of Social Work
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This article aims to develop community-contextualised pedagogical innovations to embed disaster components into core social work curriculum through a research methods course. Professional social work education continues to lack a community-contextualised curriculum and professional training that reflects the complexities of extreme events associated with community and human service. This absence jeopardises the advancement of social work engagement in better providing humanitarian support for individuals, families and communities affected by extreme events. Through an undergraduate social work research methods course, this case study qualitatively analysed the instructor’s teaching experience, self-reflection and in-class observation. The study presents three major community-contextualised pedagogical innovations of integrating disaster components into the research methods course: public media critique, amidst-disaster community-based participation and observation and practice situation discussion. These pedagogical efforts support the students’ exploration and development of various research paradigms and strengthen their ability to connect research with practice, thus addressing the community-driven, short-term necessities and long-term development requirements. This contextualising process, which forms a community-based living laboratory, inspires instructors to integrate community-driven characteristics into their pedagogical instruments. The process illustrates a potential pedagogical framework for research methods courses, in particular, and for social work curriculum, in general.

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Haorui Wu. Integration of the Disaster Component into Social Work Curriculum: Teaching Undergraduate Social Work Research Methods Course during COVID-19. The British Journal of Social Work 2021, 51, 1799 -1819.

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Haorui Wu. Integration of the Disaster Component into Social Work Curriculum: Teaching Undergraduate Social Work Research Methods Course during COVID-19. The British Journal of Social Work. 2021; 51 (5):1799-1819.

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Haorui Wu. 2021. "Integration of the Disaster Component into Social Work Curriculum: Teaching Undergraduate Social Work Research Methods Course during COVID-19." The British Journal of Social Work 51, no. 5: 1799-1819.

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Published: 18 June 2021 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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The study of disaster-specific leadership of female university students has been largely neglected, especially during on-campus emergency eviction and evacuation. Based on the COVID-19-triggered, on-campus evictions across Canada and the United States, this cross-national partnership examined the out-of-province/state and international female university students’ leadership during the entire eviction process. Through in-depth interviews, this study revealed the female university students’ leadership behaviors during three stages: (1) pre-eviction: their self-preparedness formed an emotional foundation to support others; (2) peri-eviction: their attitude and leadership behavior enabled them to facilitate (psychologically and physically) their peers’ eviction process; and (3) post-eviction: they continued to support their peers virtually and raised the general public’s awareness regarding the plight of vulnerable and marginalized populations. This article argues that the female university students’ leadership that emerged during the eviction process became complementary to and even augmented the universities’ official efforts and beyond. This leadership represents empirical evidence that contributes to the existing literature on gender and leadership by demonstrating female youth as empowered stakeholders rather than as merely passive victims. Future studies could develop detailed stratification of gender and age dimensions in order to portray a more comprehensive picture of the younger generation’s leadership in hazards and disaster research and practice.

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Haorui Wu; Marla Perez-Lugo; Cecilio Ortiz Garcia; Frances Gonzalez Crespo; Adriana Castillo. Empowered Stakeholders: Female University Students’ Leadership During the COVID-19-Triggered On-campus Evictions in Canada and the United States. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 2021, 12, 581 -592.

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Haorui Wu, Marla Perez-Lugo, Cecilio Ortiz Garcia, Frances Gonzalez Crespo, Adriana Castillo. Empowered Stakeholders: Female University Students’ Leadership During the COVID-19-Triggered On-campus Evictions in Canada and the United States. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 2021; 12 (4):581-592.

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Haorui Wu; Marla Perez-Lugo; Cecilio Ortiz Garcia; Frances Gonzalez Crespo; Adriana Castillo. 2021. "Empowered Stakeholders: Female University Students’ Leadership During the COVID-19-Triggered On-campus Evictions in Canada and the United States." International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 12, no. 4: 581-592.

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Published: 20 August 2020 in Journal of Rural Studies
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The extremely rapid and fundamental reshaping of socioeconomic structures in rural China produced a wave of left-behind children and stay-behind elders (SBEs). Although the wellness of the children has been examined through research and practice, the plight of the elderly in a swiftly urbanizing built environment has rarely been studied. After the Wenchuan earthquake, urban condominiums were swiftly erected in rural Sichuan. These multi-storied structures, presenting minimal correlation with local societal environment, were disparagingly referred to as airdropped urban condominiums (AUCs) by local residents. This 10-year qualitative research examined the influence of AUCs on the SBEs' overall well-being in various aspects during the long-term post-earthquake recovery, by assessing 22 SBEs from 11 rural communities in the worst-hit areas in Sichuan. In addition to hampering the elders' mobility, the AUCs interrupted the SBEs’ original rural lifestyle, endangered their social connections and social networks, destroyed their traditional agriculture-based livelihoods, and weakened their political agency. The cumulative vacuum of these cultural, social, economic, and political capitals further jeopardizes their overall well-being. This research provides evidence-based reconstruction strategies to inform rural revitalization planning and policy/decision making, especially in the settings that were swiftly redeveloped post-disaster. The community-driven and community-engagement planning and design approach plays a seminal role in rural redevelopment discourse of better serving SBE and other vulnerable and marginalized groups.

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Haorui Wu. Airdropped urban condominiums and stay-behind elders’ well-being: 10-year lessons learned from the post-wenchuan earthquake rural recovery. Journal of Rural Studies 2020, 79, 24 -33.

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Haorui Wu. Airdropped urban condominiums and stay-behind elders’ well-being: 10-year lessons learned from the post-wenchuan earthquake rural recovery. Journal of Rural Studies. 2020; 79 ():24-33.

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Haorui Wu. 2020. "Airdropped urban condominiums and stay-behind elders’ well-being: 10-year lessons learned from the post-wenchuan earthquake rural recovery." Journal of Rural Studies 79, no. : 24-33.

Research article
Published: 20 August 2020 in International Social Work
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During the COVID-19 emergency response of ‘staying the blazes home’ in Nova Scotia, Canada, frontline social workers worked tirelessly ‘out of the home’ to secure safe dwellings for those on the street, living in shelters, and/or precariously housed. When the province moves to the reopening and recovery stage, social work strategies will focus on reducing homeless people’s vulnerabilities, aiming to offer safe and dignified living.

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Haorui Wu; Jeff Karabanow. COVID-19 and beyond: Social work interventions for supporting homeless populations. International Social Work 2020, 63, 790 -794.

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Haorui Wu, Jeff Karabanow. COVID-19 and beyond: Social work interventions for supporting homeless populations. International Social Work. 2020; 63 (6):790-794.

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Haorui Wu; Jeff Karabanow. 2020. "COVID-19 and beyond: Social work interventions for supporting homeless populations." International Social Work 63, no. 6: 790-794.

Original research article
Published: 07 July 2020 in Frontiers in Built Environment
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The goal of this article is twofold: to clarify the tenets of convergence research and to motivate such research in the hazards and disaster field. Here, convergence research is defined as an approach to knowledge production and action that involves diverse teams working together in novel ways – transcending disciplinary and organizational boundaries – to address vexing social, economic, environmental, and technical challenges in an effort to reduce disaster losses and promote collective well-being. The increasing frequency and intensity of disasters coupled with the growth of the field suggests an urgent need for a more coherent approach to help guide what we study, who we study, how we conduct studies, and who is involved in the research process itself. This article is written through the lens of the activities of the National Science Foundation-supported CONVERGE facility, which was established in 2018 as the first social science-led component of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI). Convergence principles and the Science of Team Science undergird the work of CONVERGE, which brings together networks of researchers from geotechnical engineering, the social sciences, structural engineering, nearshore systems, operations and systems engineering, sustainable material management, and interdisciplinary science and engineering. CONVERGE supports and advances research that is conceptually integrative, and this article describes a convergence framework that includes the following elements: (1) identifying researchers; (2) educating and training researchers; (3) setting a convergence research agenda that is problem-focused and solutions-based; (4) connecting researchers and coordinating functionally and demographically diverse research teams; and (5) supporting and funding convergence research, data collection, data sharing, and solutions implementation.

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Lori Peek; Jennifer Tobin; Rachel M. Adams; Haorui Wu; Mason Clay Mathews. A Framework for Convergence Research in the Hazards and Disaster Field: The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure CONVERGE Facility. Frontiers in Built Environment 2020, 6, 1 .

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Lori Peek, Jennifer Tobin, Rachel M. Adams, Haorui Wu, Mason Clay Mathews. A Framework for Convergence Research in the Hazards and Disaster Field: The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure CONVERGE Facility. Frontiers in Built Environment. 2020; 6 ():1.

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Lori Peek; Jennifer Tobin; Rachel M. Adams; Haorui Wu; Mason Clay Mathews. 2020. "A Framework for Convergence Research in the Hazards and Disaster Field: The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure CONVERGE Facility." Frontiers in Built Environment 6, no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 01 July 2020 in American Behavioral Scientist
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Methods matter. They influence what we know and who we come to know about in the context of hazards and disasters. Research methods are of profound importance to the scholarly advancement of the field and, accordingly, a growing number of publications focus on research methods and ethical practices associated with the study of extreme events. Still, notable gaps exist. The National Science Foundation-funded Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network was formed, in part, to respond to the need for more specific information about the status and expertise of the social science hazards and disaster research workforce. Drawing on data from 1,013 SSEER members located across five United Nations (UN) regions, this article reports on the demographic characteristics of SSEER researchers; provides a novel inventory of methods used by social science hazards and disaster researchers; and explores how methodological approaches vary by specific researcher attributes including discipline, professional status, researcher type based on level of involvement in the field, hazard/disaster type studied, and disaster phase studied. The results have implications for training, mentoring, and workforce development initiatives geared toward ensuring that a diverse next generation of social science researchers is prepared to study the root causes and social consequences of disasters.

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Lori Peek; Heather Champeau; Jessica Austin; Mason Mathews; Haorui Wu. What Methods Do Social Scientists Use to Study Disasters? An Analysis of the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network. American Behavioral Scientist 2020, 64, 1066 -1094.

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Lori Peek, Heather Champeau, Jessica Austin, Mason Mathews, Haorui Wu. What Methods Do Social Scientists Use to Study Disasters? An Analysis of the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network. American Behavioral Scientist. 2020; 64 (8):1066-1094.

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Lori Peek; Heather Champeau; Jessica Austin; Mason Mathews; Haorui Wu. 2020. "What Methods Do Social Scientists Use to Study Disasters? An Analysis of the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network." American Behavioral Scientist 64, no. 8: 1066-1094.

Journal article
Published: 28 January 2020 in Safety Science
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Community engagement in disaster risk reduction activities assists women to discover and build their capacity for leadership before, during, and after disaster. In the study of the entire process after an extreme event, previous research has been scarce in the examination of women of different ages’ capacities of engagement, leadership, and resilience. Developed during 10 years of ongoing research after the Wenchuan earthquake, this paper employs qualitative research methodology that scrutinizes women’s leadership at different stages of their lifespans during all the post-disaster stages (emergency rescue, short-term reconstruction, and long-term recovery and mitigation) that took place after the Wenchuan earthquake, in the rural areas of Sichuan Province, China. This paper discovers that (1) during the emergency rescue stage, women became rescuers augmenting and supporting the urgent response; (2) during the short-term reconstruction stage, women served as decision makers guiding the reconstruction of housing and communities; and (3) during the long-term recovery and mitigation stage, many women took on the role of breadwinner, managing the family livelihood and long-term development. From the perspective of built environment, this paper argues that women’s leadership in managing existing and obtaining new resources (internal and external), in parallel effort alongside the official missions, not only strengthened the men’s dominant aftermath efforts, but also promoted gender equity engagement in post-disaster reconstruction and recovery as well as powerfully advanced resilience capacity at individual, family, and community levels.

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Chaoping Hou; Haorui Wu. Rescuer, decision maker, and breadwinner: Women’s predominant leadership across the post-Wenchuan earthquake efforts in rural areas, Sichuan, China. Safety Science 2020, 125, 104623 .

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Chaoping Hou, Haorui Wu. Rescuer, decision maker, and breadwinner: Women’s predominant leadership across the post-Wenchuan earthquake efforts in rural areas, Sichuan, China. Safety Science. 2020; 125 ():104623.

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Chaoping Hou; Haorui Wu. 2020. "Rescuer, decision maker, and breadwinner: Women’s predominant leadership across the post-Wenchuan earthquake efforts in rural areas, Sichuan, China." Safety Science 125, no. : 104623.

Journal article
Published: 12 March 2019 in Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
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Purpose The protection of traditional grassroots place-making knowledge and skills that comprise valuable intangible heritage has not been attracting enough attention in the field of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. Based on the Guchengping Village’s reconstruction that followed the Lushan earthquake (Sichuan, China), the purpose of this paper is to identify the benefits of a co-design approach for post-disaster reconstruction and recovery, in order to ascertain various stakeholders’ contributions toward the protection of community-based intangible place-making heritage. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative method was employed to assist the professional designers in facilitating the co-design approach by bridging governments closer together with local communities. At the governmental level, focus groups and personal interviews were conducted to discover the government’s role in preserving the communities’ intangible heritage. At the community level, community-based workshops and family-based design partnerships engaged various community stakeholders to decipher their roles and contributions toward advancing the heritage age. Findings As the advocates of intangible heritage, all levels of government guaranteed that intangible heritage would be safeguarded in the government strategic plans. At the community level, local residents played a fundamental role as the grassroots protectors. Professional designers utilized cutting edge technologies to improve weaknesses found in the traditional knowledge and skills, by performing the protection in practice. Community-based service agencies promoted the value of heritage to address societal issues. Originality/value The co-design approach offered a new method of intangible heritage protection in post-disaster reconstruction and recovery by engaging different stakeholders, in order to effectively transfer the governmental strategic plans into community-based action plans, and in turn, enabled the grassroots voice to inform the government policies.

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Haorui Wu; Chaoping Hou. Utilizing co-design approach to identify various stakeholders’ roles in the protection of intangible place-making heritage. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 2019, 29, 22 -35.

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Haorui Wu, Chaoping Hou. Utilizing co-design approach to identify various stakeholders’ roles in the protection of intangible place-making heritage. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 2019; 29 (1):22-35.

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Haorui Wu; Chaoping Hou. 2019. "Utilizing co-design approach to identify various stakeholders’ roles in the protection of intangible place-making heritage." Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 29, no. 1: 22-35.

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Published: 05 August 2018 in Australian Social Work
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There is a need to better understand long-term disaster recovery and reconstruction challenges in diverse communities. This case study was part of a larger study undertaken by the Rebuilding Lives Post-Disaster research partnership, where field research was conducted in disaster-affected communities in Canada, the USA, Australia, India, Pakistan, and Taiwan. The objective of this exploratory case study was to focus on experiences of affected migrant workers from diverse communities in Florida, USA, in relation to long-term disaster recovery and reconstruction work following hurricanes, to ensure that lessons learned from these experiences could inform best practices and policy. The study focused particularly on the role of community processes and dynamics in shaping postdisaster recovery. Qualitative research explored diverse experiences of participants through interviews with government officials, community leaders, and disaster responders. The study found that migrant workers faced challenges due to the lack of consideration with regard to immigration status, linguistic, and cultural needs in disaster recovery. IMPLICATIONS

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Julie Drolet; Robin Ersing; Lena Dominelli; Margaret Alston; Golam Mathbor; Yenyi Huang; Haorui Wu. Rebuilding Lives and Communities Postdisaster: A Case Study on Migrant Workers and Diversity in the USA. Australian Social Work 2018, 71, 1 -13.

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Julie Drolet, Robin Ersing, Lena Dominelli, Margaret Alston, Golam Mathbor, Yenyi Huang, Haorui Wu. Rebuilding Lives and Communities Postdisaster: A Case Study on Migrant Workers and Diversity in the USA. Australian Social Work. 2018; 71 (4):1-13.

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Julie Drolet; Robin Ersing; Lena Dominelli; Margaret Alston; Golam Mathbor; Yenyi Huang; Haorui Wu. 2018. "Rebuilding Lives and Communities Postdisaster: A Case Study on Migrant Workers and Diversity in the USA." Australian Social Work 71, no. 4: 1-13.

Original articles
Published: 02 September 2015 in Gender & Development
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Disasters result in devastating human, economic, and environmental effects. The paper highlights women's active participation in community-based disaster recovery efforts drawing from the results of the ‘Rebuilding Lives Post-disaster: Innovative Community Practices for Sustainable Development’ by an international research partnership. Two case studies are presented from Pakistan and the USA to demonstrate how women contribute to building resilience and promoting sustainable development in diverse post-disaster contexts. The policy and practice implications are relevant for discussions regarding the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and framework.

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Julie Drolet; Lena Dominelli; Margaret Alston; Robin Ersing; Golam Mathbor; Haorui Wu. Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development. Gender & Development 2015, 23, 433 -448.

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Julie Drolet, Lena Dominelli, Margaret Alston, Robin Ersing, Golam Mathbor, Haorui Wu. Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development. Gender & Development. 2015; 23 (3):433-448.

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Julie Drolet; Lena Dominelli; Margaret Alston; Robin Ersing; Golam Mathbor; Haorui Wu. 2015. "Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development." Gender & Development 23, no. 3: 433-448.

Journal article
Published: 04 July 2015 in Social Work Education
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Julie Drolet; Haorui Wu; Matthew Taylor; Allyson Dennehy. Social Work and Sustainable Social Development: Teaching and Learning Strategies for ‘Green Social Work’ Curriculum. Social Work Education 2015, 34, 528 -543.

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Julie Drolet, Haorui Wu, Matthew Taylor, Allyson Dennehy. Social Work and Sustainable Social Development: Teaching and Learning Strategies for ‘Green Social Work’ Curriculum. Social Work Education. 2015; 34 (5):528-543.

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Julie Drolet; Haorui Wu; Matthew Taylor; Allyson Dennehy. 2015. "Social Work and Sustainable Social Development: Teaching and Learning Strategies for ‘Green Social Work’ Curriculum." Social Work Education 34, no. 5: 528-543.

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Published: 01 October 2013 in Advanced Materials Research
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The post-earthquake reconstruction aims to assist the earthquake survivors return to their normal lives physically and mentally. This paper examined three post-disaster reconstruction cases occurred in the west of China and deciphered that facing the short-term and massive projects in the reconstruction process, the decision makers and designers utilized the non-local materials and modern technologies produced plenty of modern structures which were not completely fit the local social and physical environments. After conducting fieldtrips and interviews in these quake-hit areas, this paper suggested the decision makers and designers to learn from the local traditional architectural design and construction methods in order to improve their design to be suitable for the local unique cultural and physical backgrounds. To be continued, this paper proposed some improvements regarding using the modern technologies to strengthen the advantages of traditional building materials and technologies as well as avoid the traditional architectural practices weaknesses.

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Chao Ping Hou; Hao Rui Wu. Learn from Tradition: Utilizing Traditional Building Materials in the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction. Advanced Materials Research 2013, 834-836, 683 -686.

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Chao Ping Hou, Hao Rui Wu. Learn from Tradition: Utilizing Traditional Building Materials in the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction. Advanced Materials Research. 2013; 834-836 ():683-686.

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Chao Ping Hou; Hao Rui Wu. 2013. "Learn from Tradition: Utilizing Traditional Building Materials in the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction." Advanced Materials Research 834-836, no. : 683-686.