1.13 - Nepal

Question 1

Year of EQ

Answer 1

2015

Question 2

Magnitude

Answer 2

7.8

Question 3

A key factor which affects differences in vulnerability is

Answer 3

The caste system

Question 4

Residents who belong to lower castes live in

Answer 4

Buildings made of stone and mud which collapsed due to the EQ’s tremors

Question 5

People in higher castes mostly live in

Answer 5

Concrete dwellings - 80% of which stayed intact

Question 6

Why is geographical location of where people live important?

Answer 6

Rural areas - 3 hour walk to nearest hospital
Monsoons affect rural residents’ access to hospitals
Less prioritised by aid organisation

Question 7

Lower castes’ insecure homes built along

Answer 7

Riverbanks, insecure closes, exposure to rockfall

Question 8

Destroyed homes meant

Answer 8

Debris which contaminated food, reducing supply

Question 9

How many schools were destroyed?

Answer 9

6000

Question 10

How many men and women are literate

Answer 10

71%

44%

Question 11

School exclusion rate is

Answer 11

High related to gender and caste

Question 12

Schools are difficult to access because

Answer 12

They’re in mountainous regions

Question 13

How does the way survivors are dealt with worsen vulnerability?

Answer 13

Crammed into shelters
Close contact quickens spread of disease
Undernourished people who are sick

Question 14

Nepalese tradition means siblings

Answer 14

Share inherited property, split housing vertically

Increases pop. density

Question 15

There are how many people in Kathmandu

Answer 15

5 million

Question 16

Link between caste and illness?

Answer 16

Lower caste had weaker buildings, undernourished so more likely to have to have been in crammed shelters/disease susceptible