Edited by Bret Luzundia, Rachel A. Davidson, Youssef M. A. Hashash, and Robert B. Olshansky.
December 2017, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Earthquake Spectra‘s special issue on the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake is now available. This online-only issue of the journal provides a compendium of research papers on the Gorkha earthquake, organized into five topics: (1) seismology, ground motion, and geotechnical issues; (2) lifelines; (3) buildings; (4) cultural heritage structures; and (5) social science and public policy related topics. The papers in this special issue provide assessments and lessons on these topics, which can help aid in understanding the short- and long-term effects of this event, and provide transferable lessons for seismic mitigation efforts in the United States and around the world. Please see the Table of Contents for the list of articles, as well as a downloadable PDF of the full special issue.
