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)).
Keywords: domestic life; post-earthquake recovery; recovery time.
© 2014 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2014.