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Impacts and insights of Gorkha earthquake in Nepal
Front Cover; Impacts and Insights of the Gorkha Earthquake; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Revisiting Major Historical Earthquakes in Nepal: Overview of 1833, 1934, 1980, 1988, 2011, and 2015 Seismic Events; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Historic Earthquakes in Nepal; 1.3 Revisiting Strong to Major Earthquakes in Nepal; 1.3.1 1833 Earthquake; 1.3.2 1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake; 1.3.3 1980 Chainpur Earthquake; 1.3.4 1988 Udaypur Earthquake; 1.3.5 2011 Sikkim-Nepal Border Earthquake; 1.3.6 2015 Gorkha Earthquake; 1.4 Earthquake Impacts in Nepal: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.
1.5 Final Remarks References; 2 Seismotectonic and Engineering Seismological Aspects of the Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Seismotectonics and Seismicity; 2.3 Source Models and the Rupture Process; 2.4 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Aftershocks; 2.5 Ground Motion Characteristics; 2.5.1 Other Source and Local Effects; 2.5.2 Topographic and Basin Effects; 2.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; 3 Seismic Performance of Buildings in Nepal After the Gorkha Earthquake; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Performance of Reinforced Concrete Buildings.
3.2.1 Structural Description and Materials3.2.2 Damage and Failure Modes; 3.3 Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings; 3.3.1 Structural Description and Materials; 3.3.2 Damage and Failure Modes; 3.4 Vernacular and Rural Constructions; 3.4.1 Structural Description and Materials; 3.4.2 Damage and Failure Modes; 3.5 Other Building Types; 3.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 4 Response and Rehabilitation of Historic Monuments After the Gorkha Earthquake; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Previous Earthquake: 1934 Great Nepal Bihar Earthquake; 4.3 Preparing for the Next Events.
4.4 The 2015 Gorkha Earthquake: Immediate Response4.5 Initial Assessment and PDNA; 4.6 Challenges of Establishing a Rehabilitation Strategy; 4.7 Post Disaster Recovery Framework and Ongoing Rehabilitation; 4.8 Structural Damage Assessments after Gorkha Earthquake; 4.9 Implementation Procedures: The Checklist; 4.10 Comparison to the Chauk Earthquake in Bagan; 4.11 Overview of Lessons to Be Learned; 4.12 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 5 Risk Management, Response, Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction, and Future Disaster Risk Reduction; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 General.
5.1.2 Understanding Seismic Hazard of Nepal 5.1.3 Understanding Earthquake Disaster Risk in Nepal; 5.1.3.1 Main Sources of Earthquake Risk in Urban Areas in Nepal; 5.2 Decades of Earthquake Risk Management Efforts in Nepal; 5.2.1 Introduction; 5.2.2 Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management; 5.2.2.1 Influence and Follow-ups of the KVERMP Program; 5.2.3 School Earthquake Safety Program; 5.2.3.1 Program Components; 5.2.3.2 Program Approach; 5.2.3.3 Institutionalization of SESP; 5.2.3.4 Performance of Retrofitted Buildings in the April 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
edited by Dipendra Gautam, Hugo Filipe Pinheiro Rodrigues.
1. Introduction: Revisiting Major Historical Earthquakes in Nepal since the 20th Century: 1934, 1988, 2011, and 2015 2. Seismological Aspects of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake 3. Seismic Performance of Residential Buildings in Nepal after the Gorkha Earthquake 4. Assessment and Analysis of Damage in Kathmandu Historic Monuments after Gorkha Earthquake 5. Risk Management, Response, Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction: (5R) Analysis and Future Disaster Risk Reduction 6. Seismic Hazard Assessment in Nepal: Improvement after Gorkha Earthquake 7. Earthquake Risk Reduction: Policies and Intervention in Nepal, Past and Future.
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