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edoccha_9960161390002883
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1 online resource (183 pages) :
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illustrations, tables
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0-12-812809-7
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0-12-812808-9
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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 Materials -- 3.2.2 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.
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4.4 The 2015 Gorkha Earthquake: Immediate Response -- 4.5 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 -- 5.2.4 Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response -- 5.2.4.1 General -- 5.2.4.2 Program Components -- 5.2.4.3 Program Outreach at the Community Level -- 5.2.4.4 PEER Program Impact in Development and Enactment of the National Disaster Response Framework -- 5.2.5 Building Code Implementation Program Nepal -- 5.2.5.1 Building Code Development and Its Implementation Progress -- 5.2.5.2 BCIPN and Progress of Code Implementation After 2011 -- 5.2.5.3 BCIPN Strategy for Implementation -- 5.2.5.4 Institutionalization of Building Code Implementation Through BCIPN -- 5.2.5.5 Code Compliance in BCIPN Cities -- 5.2.5.6 Needs and Gaps in Building Code Implementation.
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5.3 The Gorkha Earthquake: Impact and Response -- 5.3.1 General -- 5.3.2 Search and Rescue -- 5.3.2.1 PEER Reflections in the Gorkha Earthquake -- 5.3.3 Medical Response -- 5.3.4 Relief -- 5.3.5 Post Disaster Need Assessment -- 5.3.6 Key Lessons Learned From Response to Gorkha Earthquake -- 5.4 Reconstruction -- 5.4.1 Damage Assessment -- 5.4.1.1 Key Lessons for Reconstruction From Damage Assessment -- 5.4.2 Reconstruction Act and Establishment of a National Reconstruction Authority -- 5.4.3 Post Disaster Recovery Framework -- 5.4.4 Baliyo Ghar, a Program of Technical Support for Housing Reconstruction -- 5.4.5 Preliminary Lessons From Reconstruction -- 5.5 Future Disaster Risk Reduction for Nepal -- 5.5.1 General -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Improving the Nepalese Building Code Based on Lessons Learned From the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha Earthquake -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Reinforced Concrete Building Portfolio in Nepal -- 6.2.1 Building Portfolio and Reinforced Concrete Construction Practice in Nepal -- 6.2.2 Seismic Design Provisions for Reinforced Concrete Buildings According to the Nepal Building Code -- 6.2.3 Seismic Failure Mechanisms for Reinforced Concrete Frames With Masonry Infills -- 6.2.4 Wall Index -- 6.3 Earthquake Damage Observations -- 6.3.1 General Observations -- 6.3.2 Postearthquake Surveys of Damaged Buildings -- 6.4 Assessment of the Seismic Vulnerability -- 6.4.1 Numerical Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Frames With Masonry Infills -- 6.4.2 Numerical Models: Key Parameters -- 6.4.3 Definition of Damage States -- 6.4.4 Nonlinear Static (Pushover) Analysis -- 6.4.5 Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis and Fragility Derivation -- 6.5 Proposed Wall Index for Nepal -- 6.6 Final Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- 7 Past and Future of Earthquake Risk Reduction Policies and Intervention in Nepal.
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7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Earthquake Risk Reduction Policies and Interventions in Nepal: Overview and Critiques -- 7.2.1 Natural Calamity Relief Act (1982) -- 7.2.2 National Building Act (1988) -- 7.2.3 National Urban Policy (2007) -- 7.2.4 National Strategy on Disaster Risk Management (2009) -- 7.2.5 National Shelter Policy (2012) -- 7.2.6 Urban Planning and Development Act (2015) -- 7.3 The Way Forward -- 7.4 Final Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Back Cover.
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Englisch
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