Nepal case study

• primary impacts


  9000 deaths and 17000 injuries

  1 million were made homeless

  7000 schools were destoryed

  26 hospitals on Dharahara tower were destroyed
• • Avalanches and landslides were triggered by the quake, blocking rocks and hampering the relief effort.
  • At least nineteen people lost their lives on Mount Everest due to avalanches.
  • Two hundred fifty people were missing in the Langtang region due to an avalanche.
  • The Kali Gandaki River was blocked by a landslide leading many people to be evacuated due to the increased risk of flooding.
  • Tourism employment and income declined.
  • Rice seed ruined, causing food shortage and income loss.
• immediate responses

  international help was requested

  rescues from avalanches on mount everest made by helicopter

  500,000 tents provided

  field hospitals set up. The UN +World health organisation sent medical supplies to worst affected districts.

  free telephone calls

  facebook launched a safety feature for users to indicate they were safe.
• Long term responses

  $274M aid money committed to recovery,

  Lakes and river valleys cleared of landslide material to avoid flooding.

  stricter building controls were enforced

  34% of those affected were reported to still be in temporary or unrepaired homes in 2018.
• type of country: LIC
• effectiveness of response

  many were still left in temporary accomadation a year after the event

  airport was damaged so it was harder to get aid in

  initially aid had been piling up at the airport due to lack of people to distribute it

  Rescue teams took over 48h to arrive due to problems at the airport and locals had to use their bare hands to dig people out of the rubble

  severe shortage of doctors = many succumed to their injuries .