scholarly journals The role of social capital in disaster resilience in remote communities after the 2015 Nepal earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 102112
Author(s):  
Sarita Panday ◽  
Simon Rushton ◽  
Jiban Karki ◽  
Julie Balen ◽  
Amy Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
2015 Nepal Earthquake

Ex-Post Coping Responses and Post-Disaster Resilience: a Case from the 2015 Nepal Earthquake

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veeshan Rayamajhee ◽  
Alok K. Bohara ◽  
Virgil Henry Storr
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
2015 Nepal Earthquake

scholarly journals Ionospheric signatures of the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake and the relative role of compression and advection for Doppler sounding of infrasound in the ionosphere

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Chum ◽  
Jann-Yenq Liu ◽  
Jan Laštovička ◽  
Jiří Fišer ◽  
Zbyšek Mošna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Role ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
2015 Nepal Earthquake

scholarly journals The 2015 Nepal Earthquake(s): Lessons Learned From the Disability and Rehabilitation Sector's Preparation for, and Response to, Natural Disasters

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (11) ◽  
pp. 1714-1723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel D. Landry ◽  
Phillip S. Sheppard ◽  
Kit Leung ◽  
Chiara Retis ◽  
Edwin C. Salvador ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Preparedness Planning ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
Participation Restrictions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
2015 Nepal Earthquake

Abstract The frequency of natural disasters appears to be mounting at an alarming rate, and the degree to which people are surviving such traumatic events also is increasing. Postdisaster survival often triggers increases in population and individual disability-related outcomes in the form of impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, all of which have an important impact on the individual, his or her family, and their community. The increase in postdisaster disability-related outcomes has provided a rationale for the increased role of the disability and rehabilitation sector's involvement in emergency response, including physical therapists. A recent major earthquake that has drawn the world's attention occurred in the spring of 2015 in Nepal. The response of the local and international communities was large and significant, and although the collection of complex health and disability issues have yet to be fully resolved, there has been a series of important lessons learned from the 2015 Nepal earthquake(s). This perspective article outlines lessons learned from Nepal that can be applied to future disasters to reduce overall disability-related outcomes and more fully integrate rehabilitation in preparation and planning. First, information is presented on disasters in general, and then information is presented that focuses on the earthquake(s) in Nepal. Next, field experience in Nepal before, during, and after the earthquake is described, and actions that can and should be adopted prior to disasters as part of disability preparedness planning are examined. Then, the emerging roles of rehabilitation providers such as physical therapists during the immediate and postdisaster recovery phases are discussed. Finally, approaches are suggested that can be adopted to “build back better” for, and with, people with disabilities in postdisaster settings such as Nepal.

scholarly journals Role of landslides on the volume balance of the Nepal 2015 earthquake sequence

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Valagussa ◽  
P. Frattini ◽  
E. Valbuzzi ◽  
G. B. Crosta
Keyword(s):  
High Mobility ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Landslide Inventory ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
Volume Balance ◽  
Landslide Volume ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
2015 Nepal Earthquake

AbstractThe 7.8 Mw earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25th, 2015 triggered over 21,000 landslides over an area of more than 25,000 km2. These landslides contributed to mass wasting, partially compensating the tectonic uplift by the earthquake. In this paper we quantify the volume balance resulting from the 2015 earthquake uplift (or subsidence) and landslide erosion. Starting from a new complete earthquake-induced landslide inventory, we calculated landslide volume by adopting different strategies for low-mobility and high-mobility landslides, considering also the potential supply of sediments to the drainage network. The results show that the contribution of earthquake-induced landslides to erosion is about one order of magnitude smaller than the vertical coseismic displacement. We found landslide volume values, due to the 2015 Nepal earthquake, ranging between 251 (− 15/ + 16) Mm3 up to 1503 (− 183/ + 210) Mm3 based on the adopted method, and a volume due to coseismic vertical displacement of 2134 (± 1269) Mm3 for the whole area. The volume balance of the 2015 Nepal earthquake is strongly dominated by tectonic displacement. We show that these estimates depend on several uncertainties. We identified and quantified uncertainties related to: (1) the choice of empirical volume-area scaling relationships and their parameters; (2) the completeness and quality of landslide inventory through comparison with available inventories; (3) the approach adopted for the assessment of elongated landslide volume; (4) the InSAR displacement data.

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