Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk: The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015 1st Edition

Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk: The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015 1st Edition- Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783319652108,9783319652115,3319652109,3319652117

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 3319652117
• ISBN 13: 9783319652115
• Author: Louise Bracken

Table contents:

Part I. Earthquake Preparedness and Response

1. Introduction to the Gorkha Earthquake

2. Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience

3. The First 100 Hours: Emergency Response to the Gorkha Earthquake

4. Health and the Nepal Earthquake: Ways Forward

5. The Science of Earthquake Forecasting: What’s Next for Nepal and the Himalayan Region?

6. Disaster Games and the Role of Science for Informing High-level Emergency Response Planning for Nepal

Part II. Disciplinary Perspectives

7. Communities in the Aftermath of Nepal’s Earthquake

8. The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around

9. Green Social Work and the Uptake by the Nepal School of Social Work: Building Resilience in Disaster-Stricken Communities

10. Look Down, Not Up: Protecting the Post-disaster Subsurface Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley’s UNESCO World Heritage Site

11. Looking and Moving Forward

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