Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Sahar Derakhshan and Ezra Jampole.
Media resources:
Kathmandu
More than a thousand engineers inspect quake-damaged buildings in Nepal’s capital
Most buildings in Kathmandu deemed uninhabitable or unsafe following quake
Nepal’s Fast Urbanization and Lax Enforcement Add to Quake’s Toll
Amid Katmandu’s Earthquake Wreckage, Hints of a Shift to Safer Construction
Rich NRIs to build earthquake resistant houses in Nepal
Rural Nepal
160,786 Houses Destroyed in Nepal Earthquake: UN Report
Nepal’s Young Men, Lost to Migration, Then a Quake
Nepal earthquake: Why Newari houses fell so easily to quake
Nepal rescuers uncover victims of earthquake-triggered mudslide that wiped out village
‘We need help’: Aid scarce in quake-hit Nepal villages
Opinion
Clever cities – Op-ed
Classquake: What the global media missed in Nepal earthquake coverage
Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery.
Information on housing impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake.
