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Nepal: Mitigating multi-hazards: Futurism is going local

Source(s): Himalayan Times, the - International Media Network Nepal Pvt. Ltd.
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By Dipendra Gautam

Following the storm Parvana in Bara and Parsa on March 31, the impacts of multiple natural hazards acting on structures and infrastructure are being more pronounced. So was the case immediately after the Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 and the central Nepal floods of 2017. The Khimti flash flood following the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake had swept away bridges apart from causing damage to buildings. However, engineers, policymakers and practitioners are used to dealing with individual hazards and their impacts only.

From climate change to haphazard infrastructure development, natural hazards nowadays are taking place in a sequence, giving rise to a multi-hazard scenario. Either single or cascading hazards could affect the human population and the country at large. Being a developing country, immediate rebuilding of structures and infrastructure caused by one natural hazard is not possible. This, in turn, could lead to more damage.

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To cope with the situation, multi-hazard, resilient, low-cost housing is the future. Constructed mostly with local, easily available, replaceable, low maintenance-demanding vernacular materials, the low-cost, though galvanised, housing models will certainly address the growing housing demand as well as the government’s promise of safe housing to all.

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