An assessment of international emergency disaster response to the 2015 Nepal earthquakes

• Main Authors: Cook, Alistair David Blair, Shrestha, Maxim, Htet, Zin Bo
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Geology; International Response; Nepal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143568
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The international response to the two earthquakes that struck Nepal on 25th April and 12th May 2015 was one of the biggest humanitarian and disaster response operations for the year and in the recent past. Altogether close to 70 countries responded to the official request for assistance; 34 countrie...