Living under the threat of earthquakes : short and long-term management of earthquake risks and damage prevention in Nepal /

Living under the threat of earthquakes : short and long-term management of earthquake risks and damage prevention in Nepal /

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Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource (335 pages)
Language:English
Series:Springer natural hazards
Springer natural hazards.
Subject:
Earthquake hazard analysis -- Nepal.
Earthquake resistant design -- Nepal.
Nepal Earthquake, 2015 (April 25)
Earthquake hazard analysis.
Earthquake resistant design.
Nepal.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11542368
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Other authors / contributors:Kruhl, Jörn H.
Adhikari, Rameshwar.
Dorka, Uwe E.
ISBN:9783319680446
3319680447
9783319680439
3319680439
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Print version record.
Summary:This book addresses earthquakes, with a special focus on the Ghorka earthquake, which struck parts of central Nepal in April 2015. Drawing on this disastrous event, it closely examines various aspects of earthquakes in contributions prepared by international experts. The topics covered include: the geological and geophysical background of seismicity; a detailed inventory of the damage done by the earthquake; effective damage prevention through earthquake-safe buildings and settlements; restoration options for world-heritage buildings; strategies for providing technical and medical relief and, lastly, questions associated with public life and economy in a high-risk seismic zone. Combining perspectives from various fields, the book presents the state of the art in all earthquake-related fields and outlines future approaches to risk identification, damage prevention, and disaster management in all parts of society, administration, and politics in Nepal. Beyond the specific disaster in Nepal, the findings presented here will have broader implications for how societies can best deal with disasters.
Other form:Print version: Living under the threat of earthquakes. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018] 9783319680439
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-68044-6
10.1007/978-3-319-68
Table of Contents:
  • Earthquakes as events of inter- and intra-disciplinary character : with special reference to the Gorkha 2015 Earthquake in Nepal / Jörn H. Kruhl, Rameshwar Adhikari and Uwe E. Dorka
  • Part I. Earthquakes and related hazards: Should all of Nepal be treated as having the same earthquake hazard? / Seth Stein, Edward M. Brooks, Bruce D. Spencer and Mian Liu
  • Analysis of landslides triggered by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal / Prem Bahadur Thapa
  • The 1985 (M8.1) Michoacán Earthquake and its effects in Mexico City / Alejandra Arciniega-Ceballos, Marcela Baena-Rivera and Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma
  • Part II. Damage, prevention, restoration: Lessons from building damage patterns during April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal / Ramesh Guragain, Surya Narayan Shrestha, Dev Kumar Maharjan and Suman Pradhan
  • Nepal post earthquake cultural heritage rehabilitation / Christian Manhart
  • Heritage and reconstruction : different perspectives / Luigi Petti, Claudia Trillo and Martina Di Mauro
  • Can we prevent structural failure under earthquakes? / Uwe E. Dorka
  • A critical appraisal on Turkey's neoliberal quest of urban renewal in historic urban landscapes / Zeynep Gunay
  • Traditional buildings and preliminary report in construction methods to combat earthquake / Rabindra Puri and Sukriti Suvedi
  • Part III. Disaster management and economics: Medical aspects of the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 : disaster preparedness and response / Monika Brodmann Maeder and Matiram Pun
  • Meaningfulness of OR models and solution strategies for emergency planning / Tanka Nath Dhamala, Iswar Mani Adhikari, Hari Nandan Nath and Umila Pyakurel
  • Economic loss from earthquake in Nepal and strategies for recovery and resilience building / Ganesh R. Joshi and Narayan B. Joshi
  • Social capital and good governance : a nexus for disaster management : lessons learned from Bangladesh / Khan Rubayet Rahaman
  • Directions and avenues of geotourism : with particular view to Nepal / Jörn H. Kruhl
  • Part IV. Living with earthquake risk: Women and children in the 2015 earthquake in Nepal / Alice Fothergill and Emma Squier
  • Emotional care in social work / Ram Chandra Paudel
  • Earthquake and Earth justice : emergence of the environmental justice movement and its relevance in addressing unanticipated events / Ananda M. Bhattarai
  • Assessing policies of responding to the risk and impacts of earthquakes from a justice perspective / Lukas H. Meyer and Harald Stelzer
  • Earthquake preparedness policy in Nepal / Volker Schneider and Antje Witting.

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