nepal earthquake management

Question 1

what hazard are the Nepal government trying to overcome and how?

Answer 1

gorund shaking and landslides
afforestation programmes as deforestation reduces slope stability

Question 2

modifying vulnerability

Answer 2

National Society for Earthquake technology
Disaster Preparedness Network
Nepalese NGOs
all aim to bring together science and engineering to devise strategies to reduce risks of
mapping of high risk shake zones
building codes introduced
encouraging households to have a go-bag containing items in an earthquake emergency
education programmes
annual earthquake awareness day

Question 3

modifying loss

Answer 3

international disaster relief agencies needed to mitigate effects
330 humanitarian agencies involved after 2015 earthquake
eg UN, EU, Red Cross…

Question 4

overall how successful after ghorka quake?

Answer 4

impacts could have been much greater
in Bharatpur, 30% of people could have been killed but no one was
no damage to buildings in Bharatpur
considerable damage regardless, epsc at a personal level