Rebuilding historic urban neighborhoods after disasters: balancing disaster risk reduction and heritage conservation after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal

• Main Authors: Daly, Patrick, Ninglekhu, Sabin, Hollenbach, Pia, McCaughey, Jamie W., Lallemant, David, Horton, Benjamin Peter
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Post-Disaster Reconstruction; Earthquake
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169088
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 2015 Nepal earthquakes devastated the Kathmandu Valley and exposed the challenges of conserving andrestoring architectural heritage in historic urban neighborhoods damaged by disasters, while also trying to rapidly rebuild houses, revitalize livelihoods, and reduce vulnerabilities to future haza...