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ISBN 13 : 9789937032032
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Cultural Heritage of Nepal, Before, During and After the 2015 Earthquakes written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Author : Dipendra Gautam
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128128097
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Impacts and Insights of the Gorkha Earthquake written by Dipendra Gautam and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal offers a practical perspective on disaster risk management using lessons learned and considerations from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, which was the worst disaster to hit Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Using a holistic approach to examine seismicity, risk perception and intervention, the book serves as a detailed case study to improve disaster resilience globally, including social, technical, governmental and institutional risk perception, as well as scientific understanding of earthquake disasters. Covering the details of the Gorkha earthquake, including damage mapping and recovery tactics, the book offers valuable insights into ways forward for seismologists, earthquake researchers and engineers and policy-makers. Includes the latest status of seismic risk, risk perception, to-date interventions and historical scenarios in Nepal Examines details of Gorkha earthquake, including geo-seismicity, damage statistics, casualties, effect on cultural heritage, gender-risk mechanics, case studies of social institutions, urban-risk mechanics, rural-risk mechanics, resilience dimensions, social institutions in risk management, stories of resilience and failures and a critical review of efficacy of interventions in risk mitigation Offers future insights and ways forward in terms of risk reduction studies, socio-cultural dimensions of risk management, scientific intervention and policy making, implementation of existing frameworks and endorsement of resilient practices for Nepal Includes damage mapping in all affected areas
Author : Robin Coningham
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811362378
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Protection and Community Engagement in South Asia written by Robin Coningham and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring archaeology, community engagement and cultural heritage protection in South Asia, this book considers heritage management strategies through community engagement, bringing together the results of research undertaken by archaeologists, heritage practitioners and policy makers working towards the preservation and conservation of both cultural and natural heritage. The book highlights the challenges faced by communities, archaeologists and heritage managers in post-conflict and post-disaster contexts in their efforts to protect, preserve and present cultural heritage, including issues of sustainability, linkages with existing community programmes and institutions, and building administrative and social networks. The case-studies illustrate larger-scale projects to small micro-level engagement, across a range of geographical, political, social and economic contexts, providing a framework that links and synchronises programmes of archaeological activities alongside active community engagement. The chapters ‘Introduction’, ‘Community Engagement in the Greater Lumbini Area of Nepal: the Micro-Heritage Case-Study of Dohani’ and ‘Conclusion’ of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Author : Michael Hutt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108834051
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Epicentre to Aftermath written by Michael Hutt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the impact of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes and the need to understand disasters in their cultural and political context.
Author : Louise Bracken
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319652117
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk written by Louise Bracken and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropology, social work, health and emergency response are discussed in a single volume. Contributions are included from practitioners and researchers from Nepal and Durham University in the UK, many of whom were in Nepal at the time of the earthquake. Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk explores the event of the earthquake, its consequences and its impacts, to provide a holistic and multi-perspective understanding of this special hazard and its significant ramifications for social, political, economic and cultural aspects of life in Nepal. The book highlights how these multiple perspectives are needed to inform each other in order to develop and shape new ways of thinking and interacting with environmental hazards. This collection of works will be of interest to students and academics of Environment Studies, Human Geography and Environmental Policy, and will be of particular relevance to those involved in risk research and managing risk and hazard events.
Author : Jörn H. Kruhl
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319680447
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Living Under the Threat of Earthquakes written by Jörn H. Kruhl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses earthquakes, with a special focus on the Ghorka earthquake, which struck parts of central Nepal in April 2015. Drawing on this disastrous event, it closely examines various aspects of earthquakes in contributions prepared by international experts. The topics covered include: the geological and geophysical background of seismicity; a detailed inventory of the damage done by the earthquake; effective damage prevention through earthquake-safe buildings and settlements; restoration options for world-heritage buildings; strategies for providing technical and medical relief and, lastly, questions associated with public life and economy in a high-risk seismic zone. Combining perspectives from various fields, the book presents the state of the art in all earthquake-related fields and outlines future approaches to risk identification, damage prevention, and disaster management in all parts of society, administration, and politics in Nepal. Beyond the specific disaster in Nepal, the findings presented here will have broader implications for how societies can best deal with disasters.
Author : Rohit Ranjitkar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789937135047
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Monuments of the Kathmandu Valley Before & After the 2015 Earthquake written by Rohit Ranjitkar and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nepal, most damaged monuments were rebuilt rather than repaired. Even repairable monuments were rebuilt due to the Nepal Government's Procurement Act which makes it more complicated to do repairs by working directly with skilled local artisans rather than rebuilding with contractors.
Author : Wolfgang Korn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The traditional architecture of the Kathmandu Valley written by Wolfgang Korn and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Prashant Jha
Publisher : Hurst
ISBN 13 : 1849045240
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Battles of the New Republic written by Prashant Jha and published by Hurst. This book was released on 2014-01-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal is a story of Nepal's transformation from war to peace, monarchy to republic, a Hindu kingdom to a secular state, and a unitary to a potentially federal state. Part-reportage, part-history, part-analysis, part-memoir, and part-biography of the key characters, the book breaks new ground in political writing from the region. With access to the most powerful leaders in the country as well as diplomats, it gives an unprecedented glimpse into Kathmandu's high politics. But this is coupled with ground-level reportage on the lives of ordinary citizens of the hills and the plains, striving for a democratic, just and equitable society. It tracks the hard grind of political negotiations at the heart of the instability in Nepal. It traces the rise of a popular rebellion, its integration into the mainstream, and its steady decline. It investigates Nepal's status as a partly-sovereign country, and reveals India's overwhelming role. It examines the angst of having to prove one's loyalties to one's own country, and exposes the Hindu hill upper-caste dominated power structures. Battles of the New Republic is a story of the deepening of democracy, of the death of a dream, and of that fundamental political dilemma - who exercises power, to what end, and for whose benefit.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Photo Inventory on Progress Status of Post-earthquake Conservation and Rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage of Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Property written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bishnu Prasad Devkota
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (973 download)
Download or read book Revival from Rubble written by Bishnu Prasad Devkota and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The April 25, 2015 “Gorkha Earthquake” wrecked Nepal with unprecedented disaster that turned into rubble many of the ancient monuments and historical buildings protected under UNESCO World Heritage in Kathmandu valley (UNESCO, n.d.). Communities living in their vicinity had very deep relation with them and promptly responded for their care. Despite volumes of studies on disaster, studies that focus on the role of sense of place in enhancing community resilience is greatly lacking (Cox & Perry, 2011). The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore perceptions of community resilience among the local communities living around the heritage sites of Kathmandu based on their sense of place after the 2015 earthquake. Kathmandu's three Durbar squares (ancient palace courtyards)-Hanumandhoka, Patan, and Bhaktapur-- were selected as the sites of study because these sites and the monuments therein represent indigenous Newar communities' ancient cultural history of Kathmandu, and each Durbar square is intricately linked with everyday life of local communities today as the cultural oases in the urban jungle of Kathmandu. The two-month long fieldwork conducted in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake (June-August 2015) focused on perspectives of 33 local residents who were involved in semi-structured interviews. Study findings indicate that the Newar communities of Kathamndu's Durbar squares have strong sense of place based on their historical, cultural and, economic relation with the place over millennia. Living in closely-knit cluster of settlements and participating collectively in their cultural practices such as festivals, dances, rituals, prayers, and performances steered through indigenous guthi system with Durbar squares being their focal point, Newars have built strong identity and attachment with their place. Also, these, Durbar squares are significant tourism destinations today. When the earthquake caused spectacular destruction of heritage monuments, resident communities suffered a phenomenal tragedy that their place suddenly became a non-place, devoid of its historical grandeur. However, during the ongoing emergency, they safeguarded the heritage landscape day and night, searched valuable artifacts and safely inventoried them, and even organized interaction programmes at the community level for heritage reconstruction. Their transformative, resilient thinking enabled them to seek ways to make the structures stronger to resist future earthquakes and successfully steward the linkage with the future generations. Rising from the rubble, communities exhibited their knowledge, skills and capacities to mitigate the disaster to preserve their valuable heritage. This community perception of resilience is solely enhanced by their sense of place that provided them hope, strength, and vision for earthquake resistant reconstruction of the heritage monuments and revival of associated intangible culture. A unique exploration of very recent story of earthquake in Nepal, this study contributes to the role of sense of place for disaster community resilience. Exploration of community perception of resilience enhanced by the historical, spiritual and, cultural values associated with the place will help planners to seek ways to further strengthen local responses against future disasters; it will also help planners to devise appropriate heritage reconstruction initiatives driven by local stewardship, and formulate policy for responsible tourism operation to complement heritage revival.
Author : Chandra Bahadur Shrestha
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811966761
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Building Back Better After the 2015 Nepal Earthquake written by Chandra Bahadur Shrestha and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the reconstruction after the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake, on the basis of the author’s first-hand experience that has been validated with empirical evidence. Unlike other advocacy and academic literature, the book takes readers close to the ground where the activities took place. This book describes Nepal’s efforts to rebuild private housing from the preparatory to the concluding stages, and the obstacles faced and overcome along the way. It assesses the consequences of the policy level decisions and also examines the relevance, utility and future use of damage assessment surveys that were carried out in the country. In addition, lessons from the housing grant payment through the banking system, impending reasons for housing non-compliance to building standards, experimentation with resilient resettlements and unresolved issue of urban regeneration have been also delved in. The ground realities revealed that the aid architecture requires further carving out. The last three chapters have attempted to capture the macro level picture of the reconstruction and recovery endeavors: contribution to national economy, structural resilience and comparative overview of Nepal’s delivery in global context. As an intimately involved professional with the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, Dr Shrestha is the authority from whom a holistic understanding can be attained regarding the response of Nepal's state and society to the Earthquake. His study will have ramification at national and global scale in handling with inescapable natural calamities. Kanak M. Dixit, Journalist and Heritage Conservationist Dr. Shrestha’s book provides rare insight and perspective on the issues and challenges of governance during the complex journey to reconstruction and future resilience, reflecting his long and intense engagement in the post disaster recovery and reconstruction. Vivek Rawal, Director, People-in-Centre, Ahmedabad, India This collection of balanced insightful essays methodically explores topics such as government decisions and aid during the earthquake recovery combining lived experience and a research approach to reveal lessons and future considerations. Loren Lockwood, Former National Coordinator, Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform Nepal
Author : Simone Sandholz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319437356
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Urban Centres in Asia and Latin America written by Simone Sandholz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of the challenges that cities in Latin America and Asia are facing regarding the preservation of their tangible and intangible heritage. It argues that urban heritage has a value that transcends the mere object’s value, constituting a crucial source of identity for urban inhabitants. The same is true for the urban intangible values and practices that are often associated with places or buildings. The empirical research is based on case studies of Kathmandu in Nepal, Yogyakarta in Indonesia and Recife in Brazil; three cities that still comprise core areas with a high percentage of historic fabric and distinctive cultural expressions. The comparative study of the three areas reveals the similarities and differences of urban conservation policies, past and present upgrading strategies in the core areas, and the importance of tangible and intangible heritage. All three cities demonstrate that urban heritage, habits and beliefs are still of importance to the population. While there are significant differences in the kind and level of protection the respective legal system provides, partly uncontrolled urban dynamics pose a threat to all of them. The text is based on a PhD thesis submitted to the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Author : Lena Dominelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351727478
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work written by Lena Dominelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green social work espouses a holistic approach to all peoples and other living things – plants and animals, and the physical ecosystem; emphasises the relational nature of all its constituent parts; and redefines the duty to care for and about others as one that includes the duty to care for and about planet earth. By acknowledging the interdependency of all living things it allows for the inclusion of all systems and institutions in its remit, including both (hu)man-made and natural disasters arising from the (hu)made ones of poverty to chemical pollution of the earth’s land, waters and soils and climate change, to the natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes which turn to disasters through human (in)action. Green social work’s value system is also one that favours equality, social inclusion, the equitable distribution of resources, and a rights-based approach to meeting people’s needs to live in an ethical and sustainable manner. Responding to these issues is one of the biggest challenges facing social workers in the twenty-first century which this Handbook is intended to address. Through providing the theories, practices, policies, knowledge and skills required to act responsibly in responding to the diverse disasters that threaten to endanger all living things and planet earth itself, this green social work handbook will be required reading for all social work students, academics and professionals, as well as those working in the fields of community development and disaster management.
Author : John H. Stubbs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317406184
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Architectural Conservation in Asia written by John H. Stubbs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when organized heritage protection in Asia is developing at a rapid pace, Architectural Conservation in Asia provides the first comprehensive overview of architectural conservation practice from Afghanistan to the Philippines. The country-by-country analysis adopted by the book draws out local insights, experiences, best practice and solutions for effective cultural heritage management that will inform study and practice both in Asia and beyond. Whereas architectural conservation in much of the Western world has been extensively documented, this book brings together coverage of many regions where architectural conservation has been understudied. Following on from the highly influential companion volumes on global architectural conservation and architectural conservation in Europe and the Americas, with this book the authors extend their pioneering global examination to the dynamic and evolving field of architectural conservation in Asia. Throughout the book, the authors and regional experts provide local case studies and profile topics that bring depth and insight to this ambitious study. As architectural conservation becomes increasingly global in practice, this book will be of considerable assistance to architectural conservation practitioners, site managers and students of architecture, planning, archaeology and heritage studies worldwide.
Author : Peng Cui
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811955832
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Glance at the Silk Road Disaster Risk written by Peng Cui and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book vividly shows the fostering environment, activity characteristics, distribution pattern, economic losses, casualties, disaster risks and management of earthquakes, mass movement, drought, floods, and marine disasters in the Silk Road region. It develops a multi-scale and multi-disaster risk assessment method to better assess and understand the Silk Road disaster risk. A multi-level collaborative risk management model has been proposed for transboundary disasters, and it also shares case studies on major disaster risk management. The book makes a major step forward to increase the understanding of the disaster risk of the Silk Road region. It presents a holistic understanding of the natural hazards and their induced disaster risks and is a valuable read for scholars, stakeholders and practitioners in the DRR community.
Author : Zoltán Somhegyi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040017924
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction written by Zoltán Somhegyi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion investigates the philosophical and theoretical foundations determining the conditions of possibility and the limits that make the conservation, readaptation, and transformation of past buildings legitimate operations. As increasing ecological and economic challenges question opportunities for new construction, the process of restoring, transforming, and readapting buildings for new or continued use is becoming an essential part of architectural practice. At the same time, the role of building conservation is changing from mere material preservation to being part of a broader strategy for social regeneration, eco-awareness, and inclusive urban planning. Chapters of this volume explore the complex set of considerations that inform decisions to merely preserve, accurately restore or variously reuse a building. They also look at the broader philosophical concerns such as ethical and aesthetic values, combined with ideas of heritage, history, and collective identity. Case studies on reconstruction after war, gentrification, the restoration of ancient edifices, reconstruction following the effects of climate change, and the use of technology solutions among many others, make this a timely and urgent volume. Adopting a broad transcultural perspective with contributions from five continents, the volume combines theoretical approaches with more practical, case study-based investigations and will be of great interest to upper-level students and academics working in the fields of architecture, conservation, urban design, aesthetics, and heritage management.
