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Author Shrestha, Chandra Bahadur, author.

Title Building back better after the 2015 Nepal earthquake : laying the foundation for resilience / Chandra Bahadur Shrestha
Published Singapore : Springer, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Disaster risk reduction, 2196-4114
Disaster risk reduction.
Contents Implications of Steering Committee decisions on private housing reconstruction -- Linking post-Gorkha Earthquake housing damage assessment with municipality's building standards -- Transparency and financial inclusion in Nepal's reconstruction -- Understanding building code non-compliance for setting future strategies -- How can disaster prone mountainous municipalities create resilient settlements -- Scoping urban regeneration from post-earthquake reconstruction lens -- Aid effectiveness in Nepal's post earthquake reconstruction -- Contribution of post-Gorkha Earthquake reconstruction towards localizing Sendai framework of action -- A comparative overview of Nepal's reconstruction in global context -- Assessing impact of post-Gorkha Earthquake recovery and reconstruction
Summary This book explores the reconstruction after the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake, on the basis of the authors first-hand experience that has been validated with empirical evidence. Unlike other advocacy and academic literature, the book takes readers close to the ground where the activities took place. This book describes Nepals efforts to rebuild private housing from the preparatory to the concluding stages, and the obstacles faced and overcome along the way. It assesses the consequences of the policy level decisions and also examines the relevance, utility and future use of damage assessment surveys that were carried out in the country. In addition, lessons from the housing grant payment through the banking system, impending reasons for housing non-compliance to building standards, experimentation with resilient resettlements and unresolved issue of urban regeneration have been also delved in. The ground realities revealed that the aid architecture requires further carving out. The last three chapters have attempted to capture the macro level picture of the reconstruction and recovery endeavors: contribution to national economy, structural resilience and comparative overview of Nepals delivery in global context.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Chandra Bahadur Shrestha; National Reconstruction Authority, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Subject Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Nepal
Housing -- Nepal
Earthquake resistant design -- Nepal
Nepal Earthquake, 2015 (April 25)
Earthquake damage -- Nepal
Earthquake relief -- Nepal
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
Earthquake damage
Earthquake relief
Earthquake resistant design
Housing
Nepal
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9811966761
9789811966767