Nepal Government’s Emergency Response to the 2015 Earthquake

A Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID7392880
AuthorsBahul Shrestha (National Institute of Development Administration, corresponding author), Pairote Pathranarakul (0000-0002-7494-2338, National Institute of Development Administration)
Year2018
Volume7
Issue8
Pages127-127
Publication date2018-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci7080127
OpenAlexW2885208327
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited25

This paper utilizes the National Disaster Response Framework 2013 guidelines to analyze the large-scale disaster response of the Nepal government’s institutional system in the wake of the 2015 earthquake. The methodology includes in-depth interviews with key informants, focus group discussions, field observations, and document analysis. The study found that despite limitations in institutional capacity and scarcity of resources, government institutions such as the Nepal Army, the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force, the District Administration Offices, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and major public hospitals made a significant contribution to support the victims. Nevertheless, it also revealed the current weaknesses of those institutions in terms of response effectiveness and provides recommendations for enhancing their capacity

Business · Disaster response · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Emergency response · Focus group · Geography · Government (linguistics · Medical emergency · Political science · Public relations · Scale (ratio · Scarcity · Strengths and weaknesses · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Medicine · Psychology · Public Administration · Marketing

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