Adoption of seismic-resistant techniques in reconstructed housing in the aftermath of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

Eefje Hendriks; Aaron Opdyke

doi:10.1177/87552930211009530

Adoption of seismic-resistant techniques in reconstructed housing in the aftermath of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

Eefje Hendriks, Aaron Opdyke

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Abstract

Earthquake affected households too often insufficiently apply seismic construction knowledge during reconstruction. This study aims to assess to what degree safety guidelines have found their way to practice in Nepal. Differences are explored between communities in the Gorkha and Okhaldhunga districts, which received differing levels of technical assistance following the 2015 earthquakes. Seismic resistance of houses was assessed 3 years after the earthquakes. Findings from 955 houses in 25 communities show high degrees of adoption of earthquake-resistant construction knowledge in all selected communities. Variation in safer construction across communities differs only slightly for different intensities of humanitarian technical assistance. This finding points toward the need to more closely examine the communication methods employed and motivations of households to build back safer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2662-2686
Number of pages	25
Journal	Earthquake Spectra
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211009530
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (grant no. 023011055) and the Catholic Relief Services. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this study do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding organizations.

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (grant no. 023011055) and the Catholic Relief Services. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this study do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding organizations.

Keywords

earthquake engineering
Housing
knowledge adoption
Nepal
post-disaster reconstruction
technical assistance

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Adoption of seismic-resistant techniques in reconstructed housing in the aftermath of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

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