Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal
The Gorkha earthquake on April 25, 2015 had significantly affected the livelihood of people and the overall economy in Nepal. The earthquake had caused damage to about half a million private and public buildings, apart from damage to other infrastructures including schools, hospitals, roads, hydropo...
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| description | The Gorkha earthquake on April 25, 2015 had significantly affected the livelihood of people and the overall economy in Nepal. The earthquake had caused damage to about half a million private and public buildings, apart from damage to other infrastructures including schools, hospitals, roads, hydropower, irrigation canals, etc. The earthquake had affected the lives of 8 million people. With significant numbers of actors and stakeholders involved in the reconstruction process, no significant relief has reached the ground or is observable even after 3 years of the disaster. The government has formed National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) as the focal authority for the reconstruction process which is leading the reconstruction process with line agencies and other stakeholders. The longitudinal study was carried out through semi-structured interviews with the engineers working under NRA, local people and social mobilizer, group discussions, and field observation from June 2015 to August 2016 focusing on challenges for timely and quality reconstruction. The research also reviews the experiences from past events in similar social and political condition. This study concludes that the situation was the result of larger institutional gaps as the absence of local government, lack of coordination, bureaucratic hurdles and political transition, weak governance and cross-cutting issues as accessibility, manpower shortage, knowledge gap and other socio-cultural aspects. Authors supplement that the good governance and strategic incorporation of social and cultural aspects of reconstructions along with the technical cross-cutting issues like skilled labour, resources availability and construction knowledge could help to expedite the reconstruction process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a278d86465034eafbbba3bc64032b2b22022-12-22T01:51:03ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk1947-57051947-57132018-01-019176079010.1080/19475705.2018.14805351480535Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of NepalKeshab Sharma0Apil KC1Mandip Subedi2Bigul Pokharel3Team Nepal Engineering Consultancy and Research CenterDepartment of Architecture and Urban PlanningDepartment of Civil EngineeringUniversity of British ColumbiaThe Gorkha earthquake on April 25, 2015 had significantly affected the livelihood of people and the overall economy in Nepal. The earthquake had caused damage to about half a million private and public buildings, apart from damage to other infrastructures including schools, hospitals, roads, hydropower, irrigation canals, etc. The earthquake had affected the lives of 8 million people. With significant numbers of actors and stakeholders involved in the reconstruction process, no significant relief has reached the ground or is observable even after 3 years of the disaster. The government has formed National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) as the focal authority for the reconstruction process which is leading the reconstruction process with line agencies and other stakeholders. The longitudinal study was carried out through semi-structured interviews with the engineers working under NRA, local people and social mobilizer, group discussions, and field observation from June 2015 to August 2016 focusing on challenges for timely and quality reconstruction. The research also reviews the experiences from past events in similar social and political condition. This study concludes that the situation was the result of larger institutional gaps as the absence of local government, lack of coordination, bureaucratic hurdles and political transition, weak governance and cross-cutting issues as accessibility, manpower shortage, knowledge gap and other socio-cultural aspects. Authors supplement that the good governance and strategic incorporation of social and cultural aspects of reconstructions along with the technical cross-cutting issues like skilled labour, resources availability and construction knowledge could help to expedite the reconstruction process.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1480535Gorkha Nepal Earthquakedamage assessmentchallengesreconstructionrehabilitationpolicy |
| spellingShingle | Keshab Sharma Apil KC Mandip Subedi Bigul Pokharel Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk Gorkha Nepal Earthquake damage assessment challenges reconstruction rehabilitation policy |
| title | Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal |
| title_full | Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal |
| title_short | Challenges for reconstruction after Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake: a study on a devastated area of Nepal |
| title_sort | challenges for reconstruction after mw7 8 gorkha earthquake a study on a devastated area of nepal |
| topic | Gorkha Nepal Earthquake damage assessment challenges reconstruction rehabilitation policy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1480535 |
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