Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Sahar Derakhshan and Ezra Jampole.
Housing in Kathmandu, in Rural Nepal, and Vulnerability of Housing
Housing in Kathmandu
Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 7,000
Estimates that 150,000 dwellings collapsed in Nepal, 175 residential buildings in central Kathmandu
Nepal Death Toll exceeds 6,000
Drone footage of damage in Kathmandu, Nepal
Houses fell ‘like a pack of cards’ as earthquake struck, says Nepal bishop
Buildings in Kathmandu, Nepal leaning
Housing in Rural Nepal
Estimates of 130,000 homes destroyed. In rural areas, up to 90% of houses destroyed or damaged
Nepal quake: Towns near epicenter ‘devastated’
100% of houses in Sindhu are uninhabitable
1 in 36 houses habitable in Arkul Bazar, Nepal
Aid Begins Arriving In Nepal’s Remote Quake-Hit Villages
Nepal earthquake: Aerial photos of remote Gorkha district show entire villages reduced to rubble
Nepal earthquake: Relief effort begins in Gorkha district
90% of houses uninhabitable in Ravi Opi, Nepal
Nepal earthquake: Virtually all homes flattened at quake epicenter
Resident says 1300 houses in Saurpani, Nepal collapsed
Shattered villages near the epicenter in Nepal
Vulnerability of Housing in Nepal
Nepal Building Code Author Says Disaster Was Waiting to Happen
USAID Fact Sheet says there are one average two engineers per municipality in Nepal, reviewing 400 new building permits per year
Implementation of Nepal Nation Building Code Through Automated Building Permit System – As of 2013, only 3 of 58 municipalities in Nepal has tried to incorporate the National Building Code into their building permit process
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.
