Lowland Technology International
Vol 18 No 2, Sep (2016)

The 2015 Nepal Gorkha Earthquake: An overview of the damage, lessons learned and challenges

H. Hazarika (Unknown)
N.P. Bhandary (Unknown)
Y. Kajita (Unknown)
K. Kasama (Unknown)
K. Tsukahara (Unknown)
R.K. Pokharel (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
04 Sep 2016

Abstract

This paper describes the damage brought by the 2015 Nepal earthquake to urban infrastructures, modern and traditional buildings as well as some word heritage sites in and around Kathmandu city. The paper also focuses on a disaster brought to a hydropower plant by the compound action of a previous landslide and this time earthquake. Some of the possible reasons for such damage were brought to light, and challenges of the geotechnical community towards the retrofitting and recovery of the devastated structures were discussed

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Lowland Technology International
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Abbrev

ialt_lti

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International Association of Lowland Technology

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Engineering Transportation

Description

The Lowland Technology International Journal presents activity and research developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning, Coastal Engineering, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation ...