Impacts and Insights of the Gorkha Earthquake

An examination of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, focusing on sociocultural dimensions of risk management, scientific intervention and policy making, and implementation of resilient practices

Dipendra Gautam (Edited by), Hugo Filipe Pinheiro Rodrigues (Edited by)

9780128128084

Paperback, published 14 September 2017

194 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg

Approx.184 pages

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

Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Volcanology & seismology [RBC], Central government policies [JPQB]