Impacts and Insights of the Gorkha Earthquake

Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal offers a practical perspective on disaster risk management using lessons learned and considerations from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, which was the worst disaster to hit Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Using a holistic approach to examine seismicity, risk perception and intervention, the book serves as a detailed case study to improve disaster resilience globally, including social, technical, governmental and institutional risk perception, as well as scientific understanding of earthquake disasters. Covering the details of the Gorkha earthquake, including damage mapping and recovery tactics, the book offers valuable insights into ways forward for seismologists, earthquake researchers and engineers and policy-makers.

Includes the latest status of seismic risk, risk perception, to-date interventions and historical scenarios in NepalExamines details of Gorkha earthquake, including geo-seismicity, damage statistics, casualties, effect on cultural heritage, gender-risk mechanics, case studies of social institutions, urban-risk mechanics, rural-risk mechanics, resilience dimensions, social institutions in risk management, stories of resilience and failures and a critical review of efficacy of interventions in risk mitigationOffers future insights and ways forward in terms of risk reduction studies, socio-cultural dimensions of risk management, scientific intervention and policy making, implementation of existing frameworks and endorsement of resilient practices for NepalIncludes damage mapping in all affected areas

1. Revisiting Major Historical Earthquakes in Nepal: Overview of 1833, 1934, 1980, 1988, 2011, and 2015 Seismic Events 2. Seismotectonic and Engineering Seismological Aspects of the Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake 3. Seismic Performance of Buildings in Nepal After the Ghorka Earthquake 4. Response and Rehabilitation of Historic Monuments After the Gorkha Earthquake 5. Risk Management, Response, Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction, and Future Disaster Risk Reduction 6. Improving the Nepalese Building Code Based on Lessons Learned From the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha Earthquake 7. Past and Future of Earthquake Risk Reduction Policies and Intervention in Nepal