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Örn, Mimmie, and Lindström Matilda Roempke. "“I never doubted that I made a difference” : Personal experiences from physical therapists working after the earthquakes in Nepal." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Åsenlöf: Fysioterapi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432487.
Full textBakgrund: Jordbävningar och andra naturkatastrofer har ökat de senaste åren, fler människor runt om i världen lever med kvarstående funktionshinder. Fysioterapeuterna har en viktig roll genom att öka funktionen och återställa livskvaliteten hos dessa patienter. Även om det tydligt anges att en tidig rehabiliteringsinsats är en väsentlig del av arbetet finns det begränsad information om erfarenheterna från fysioterapeuter. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka fysioterapeuters erfarenheter efter jordbävningarna i Nepal 2015. Metod: Denna studie hade en kvalitativ utforskande design, baserad på fem individuella semistrukturerade intervjuer med hjälp av kommunikationsplattformen zoom. Data analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys och hade en induktiv ansats. Resultatsammanfattning: Fysioterapeuterna beskriver en kaotisk situation, den psykologiska sårbarheten hos patienter gjorde det svårt att motivera och hålla patienterna fokuserade på deras rehabilitering. En stor tillströmning av patienter gjorde det svårt för fysioterapeuterna att hantera sin tid och detta ledde till att behandlingar behövde kompromissas och ökade behovet av tidig utskrivning av patienter. Fysioterapeuterna hade tvetydiga erfarenheter av sin roll i vårdteamet. Det fanns ett tydligt system för hur man skulle prioritera patienterna baserat på svårighetsgraden av skador. Slutsats: Denna studie visar att fysioterapeuter i Nepal hade en viktig roll för patienten efter jordbävningarna, en roll som sträcker sig från akutvården till uppföljning. Studien ger tydlig insikt i hur fysioterapeuterna upplevde sitt jobb vilket skulle kunna bidra till identifiering av hinder för fysioterapeuter i utförandet sina uppgifter vid framtida katastrofsituationer.
Menth, Megan. "An agent-based modeling approach to assess coordination among humanitarian relief providers." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32589.
Full textDepartment of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Jessica L. Heier Stamm
Coordination between humanitarian organizations is critical during the response effort to a disaster, as coordinating aid improves efficiency, reduces duplication of efforts, and ultimately leads to better outcomes for beneficiaries. One particular challenge arises when temporary facilities must be established post-disaster due to the destruction of buildings. For example, the 2015 Nepal earthquakes created a need for the placement of over 4,000 temporary learning facilities after several school buildings were damaged or destroyed. It is important that humanitarians coordinate well to fill these needs efficiently and effectively, while maintaining equity among beneficiaries in the affected areas. This means ensuring that enough facilities are provided in a timely manner, and are distributed fairly to all in need. The goals of this thesis are to study coordination strategies focusing primarily on the placement of temporary educational facilities for children following a disaster. This research also aims to gather useful data by surveying active humanitarians in order to better understand their decisions made in the field. This work uses the results of this survey, along with publicly available data published after the 2015 Nepal earthquakes to create an agent-based simulation model, and uses the Nepal case study to demonstrate the efficacy of the model framework. This research finds that organizations' initial location of operation can greatly impact the number of facilities they are collectively able to establish, the geographic disparity across the region, and the organizations' utilization. Specifically, while focusing efforts on the districts with the most need is most efficient and effective, a more uniform approach yields a more equitable response. This work also finds that there can be a trade-off between overall effectiveness and the number of partnerships established in the field. These findings show a need for further study into the intricacies of coordination between humanitarian workers. This author advocates for the use of information sharing mechanisms among practitioners, as well as further utilization of agent-based modeling as a means of studying the complex nature of disaster response. Specifically there is a need to further study educational needs as a logistical problem, and strategies for solving the post-disaster facility location problem.
Streule, Michael. "The structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Greater Himalayan Sequence and Main Central Thrust, Eastern Nepal Himalaya." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c7e9c6ba-0bcd-4526-903f-a48d629e0dd9.
Full textHedman, Elina. "When Traditional Power Structures are Trembling : A qualitative analysis of aid agencies focus on gender roles and contribution to potential changes in those following the earthquakes in Nepal 2015." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-374275.
Full textSapkota, Soma Nath. "Surface rupture of 1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake : implications for seismic hazard in Nepal Himalaya." Paris, Institut de physique du globe, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011GLOB0012.
Full textThapa, Magar Asha. "Enlightening Dark Tourism in Nepal." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404606/.
Full textRaju, Poudel. "Characterization and Management of Disasters Waste:Case of Gorkha Earthquake Nepal." Kyoto University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/242916.
Full textVuper, Ailie Marie. "Case Study: Settlement at Nepal Hydropower Dam during the 2014-2015 Gorkha Earthquake Sequence." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102890.
Full textMaster of Science
The Tamakoshi Dam in Nepal experienced 19 cm of settlement due to three earthquakes that took place from December 14, 2014 to May 12, 2015. This settlement caused massive damage and halted construction and was believed to have been caused by seismic compression. Seismic compression is the accrual of contractive volumetric strain in sandy soils during earthquake shaking for cases where the generated excess pore water pressures are low. The purpose of this case study is to investigate the settlements of the dam intake block relative to the right abutment block of the dam during the three earthquakes. Representative soil profiles were developed based on data collected from the site for analysis of the settlement. Two approaches were used to compute predicted settlement, one which considered only seismic compression as the cause of settlement and a hybrid method that considered both seismic compression and post-liquefaction consolidation. Both approaches predicted settlement values that were less than what was observed in the field. It was found that the ground motion prediction equations used in the analysis were not representative of the tectonic setting in Nepal and thus was the main reason for the under-prediction. The relevance of this research lies in using methodology developed in academia to analyze a real world event and draw conclusions about the methodology's applicability.
Bhattarai, Sailesh. "Factors Determining Progress of Disaster Recovery Among the Earthquake Affected Population in Nepal." Thesis, Curtin University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87687.
Full textNakata, Hana. "The effectiveness of youth participation in post-disaster responses: The case of the 2015 Nepal earthquake." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-421007.
Full textRanit, Chatterjee. "Post Disaster Recovery of Formal and Informal Businesses: Case Study of Kathmandu Valley after 2015 Nepal Earthquake." Kyoto University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/232443.
Full textKyoto University (京都大学)
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新制・課程博士
博士(地球環境学)
甲第21242号
地環博第178号
新制||地環||35(附属図書館)
京都大学大学院地球環境学舎環境マネジメント専攻
(主査)教授 岡﨑 健二, 准教授 小林 広英, 准教授 西前 出
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Jigyasu, Rohit. "Reducing Disaster Vulnerability through Local Knowledge and Capacity. The Cace of Earthquake Prone Rural Communities in India and Nepal." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Urban Design and Planning, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-1995.
Full textThis dissertation investigates the past and present status of local knowledge, skills and capacity of rural communities in India and Nepal for reducing their vulnerability to earthquakes. Disaster vulnerability is investigated not only as pre disaster condition but also as a continuous process, which is influenced by underdevelopment, process and various response decisions in post disaster situation. To get an integrated and dynamic picture of how local knowledge and capacity and disaster vulnerability influence each other, three case studies are investigated, namely Marathwada region in India, Kutch and Saurashtra regions in Gujarat in India and Kathmandu valley in Nepal. While the first case looks into the impact of post earthquake rehabilitation after seven-eight years, the second case looks in detail into the immediate transition phase from relief to rehabilitation, in a span of one year after the quake. To get an overview of total situation in both the cases, post disaster situation is essentially linked to the pre-disaster vulnerability situation. The third case looks into various transformation processes in rural communities, which create conditions for predisaster vulnerability. The three case studies are analysed for various underlying structural and non-structural causes that create negative conditions in which disaster vulnerability of these communities is increasing because of weakening local knowledge and capacity.
These case studies throw significant light on three inter-related aspects. First, they show key features of local knowledge and capacity of rural communities for mitigation, preparedness and recovery from earthquakes. They are embodied in physical planning and buildings, skills for using local resources, mutual support systems and informal livelihood mechanisms. Second, these (especially the Kathmandu case) provide an in-depth understanding of various transformation processes (pertaining to changes in built form, land use and ownership, occupational structure and social and economic structure) and their impact on traditional knowledge and capacity and resulting pre-disaster vulnerability to earthquakes. Third, these (especially Marathwada and Gujarat cases) show the implications of post earthquake rehabilitation on disaster vulnerability in the long run. These show, how certain decisions taken as part of rehabilitation not only reinforce pre-disaster vulnerabilities but also create new ones.
Five main issues and challenges in the context of rural communities of India and Nepal are pointed at for reducing their disaster vulnerability through building local knowledge and capacities. These are loss of material and land resources, loss of traditional skills, cultural incompatibility of external interventions, increasing social and economic inequity and weakening of local governance. The issue of culturally insensitive "transfer" of local knowledge is also taken up here. The research concludes by articulating socio-cultural, territorial and eco-developmental perspectives that can contribute towards developing a new framework (paradigm) for disaster management in India and Nepal.
Finally, I suggest strategies for introducing disaster management into strategies for rural development by regenerating rural livelihoods, formulating strategies for rural land management, improving spatial planning and building, improving quality of education on disaster mitigation and preparedness and most importantly finding out ways of intervening in local power structure. Several measures for improving post earthquake rehabilitation are also suggested.
Bengts, Elin. "A case study of post-earthquake consequences for women within marginalized groups in Nepal : A qualitative case study with the aim to explore the consequences for women within marginalized groups in a post-earthquake society." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Genus, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-130225.
Full textBealt, Jennifer. "Investigating alternative logistics structures in times of crisis : an exploration of collaborative aid networks and their impacts on humanitarian operations in post-earthquake Nepal." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14783.
Full textBohlin, Madeleine Sassaya. "Silicate weathering in the Himalayas : constraints from the Li isotopic composition of river systems." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270728.
Full textAder, Thomas Joachim. "Earthquakes of the Nepal Himalaya : Towards a Physical Model of the Seismic Cycle." Thesis, 2013. https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/7828/1/PhD_thesis_Ader.pdf.
Full textLEE, YUN-CHEN, and 李昀宸. "Rupture Features of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Nepal Earthquake." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dffb3u.
Full text中國文化大學
地學研究所地質組
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On April 25, 2015, the Mw 7.8 Nepal earthquake occurred at the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian plates. Previous studies using P-wave back-projection and finite fault modeling revealed the kinematic features about the earthquake. In this study, we used Rayleigh-wave phase velocity to perform the rupture directivity analysis and adopted P-wave to analyze multiple sources of the Nepal earthquake. Here, we not only determined the fault parameters but also provided information about the dynamic features for the 2015 Nepal earthquake. First, we used the 100-s Rayleigh-wave phase-velocity to obtain the azimuth-dependent source duration, and then merged with the spectral-node periods of Rayleigh waves to complete a joint inversion to derive the fault parameters of Nepal earthquake. Results showed an optimal rupture azimuth of 127, consistent with the aftershock distributions, and a total source duration of 70.2 s. The rupture time and rises time were 58.7 s and 11.5 s, respectively. The earthquake had a rupture length of ~147 km and an average rupture velocity of 2.5 km/s, about 0.74 times of the crustal S-wave velocity. Such results were comparable with previous studies. By using the time-domain deconvolution of teleseismic P-wave to retrieve the relative source time function, the Nepal earthquake was composed of 7 sub-events. The total duration was 59.5 s, less than that from surface-wave rupture directivity analysis but similar to those from the P-wave back-projection. The seismic moment (M0) was estimated to be 7.251020 Nm (corresponding to Mw 7.84). The energy release reached about 90 % of total seismic moment for the first 45 s. From the source time function, two energy peaks appeared at 22 s and 33 s after the initiation of the earthquake. The total radiated seismic energy (ES) was 1.02×1016 Nm, leading to the ES/M0 ratio of 1.41×10-5, less than ordinary large earthquakes. This implied that the Nepal earthquake had a lower static stress drop and the friction on the fault plane slowly dropped off during the rupture on average. Maximum static stress drop, ~23 bars, occurred between 38 and 48 s. This indicated that the friction on the fault plane quickly dropped off relative to the rest of ruptures. The average static stress drop was approximately 20 bars for the Nepal earthquake, corresponding to that for interplate earthquakes. We calculated the dynamic stress drop of the Nepal earthquake to be 13.7 bars from the derived rise time. Then, the rupture width and rupture area were estimated at 93.5 km 13744 km2, respectively, for the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Key words: 2015 Nepal earthquake, rupture directivity, source duration, rupture velocity, time-domain deconvolution, radiated seismic energy, static stress drop
(8786567), Sweta Baniya. "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NETWORKED COMMUNITIES, CRISIS COMMUNICATION, AND TECHNOLOGY: RHETORIC OF DISASTER IN THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE MARIA." Thesis, 2020.
Find full textIn April and May 2015 Nepal suffered two massive earthquakes of 7.5 and 6 5 magnitudes in the Richter scale, killing 8856 and injuring 22309. Two years later in September 2017, Puerto Rico underwent the Category 5 Hurricane Maria, killing an estimate of 800 to 8000 people and displacing hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans (Kishore et al., 2018). This dissertation project is the comparative study of Nepal’s and Puerto Rico’s networked communities, their actors, participants (Potts, 2014), and the users (Ingraham, 2015; Johnson, 1998) who used crisis communication practices to address the havoc created by the disaster. Using a mixed-methods research approach and with framework created with the Assemblage Theory (DeLanda, 2016), I argue that disasters create situations in which various networked communities are formed into transnational assemblages along with an emergence of innovative digital technical and professional communication practices.
KE, TSUI-TING, and 柯翠婷. "A Study on the Motivation of International Medical Relief Volunteers: A Case of Nepal Earthquake Relief of Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wysu7c.
Full text南華大學
企業管理學系非營利事業管理碩士班
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The purpose of this study is to explore the motivation and process of professional medical volunteers participating in international medical relief and their willingness to continue to participate in international medical relief in the future. According to the research results, we expect to provide some specific suggestions to the international medical relief corps and medical volunteers. This study based on semi-structured interview, interviewed six professional medical volunteers who had been participated in Nepal earthquake relief of Taiwan root medical corps in May, 2015 and with a purpose to explore the impacts of participating motivation and their international medical relief exerting on the professional medical volunteers. The results are showed: 1.The experience of the professional medical volunteers participating in international medical relief facilitates a virtuous circle of participating in international medical relief in the future. 2.The impact of international medical relief on the professional medical volunteers is to increase clinical experience, cross-cultural learning experience, accumulated experience and more flexibility of role playing. 3.The professional medical volunteers participating in international medical relief was valid as an effective model to facilitate the participants’ positive value themselves. According to the research results, suggestions were made in regard to the volunteers for international medical relief is to respect the perspective of life, respect for local culture, have team spirit and self-health care.